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The Natural Philosopher[_2_]

Skipweasel wrote:
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says...
Once the back's off, you could happily weld it back on again - once
it's stood against the wall few burglars are going to check on the
off chance it's easier to open than they expect.
You'd still need to make keys and reset the combination - sounds expensive!

I dare say quite a few of us here could work out how to do that, given a
while and adequate coffee.

Like most security, it's about delay and obfuscation rather than
outright defence.
That's passive security you're talking about.

Well yes and no. If a burglar sees an apparantly stout safe they may
well decide to bother other bits of the house - or other houses. They'd
probably never know the back's off. Where does active become passive? In
the end it's almost all down to perception of difficulty - even very
sturdy defences can be breached in the end.

It was most helpful of the burglars I had to jemmy open a locked window
when in fact the garden door wasn't locked ..saved no end of insurance
hassle.