Secure/Obscure

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A few years ago, I spent most of the summer sleeping on the floor of a friend’s kitchen. It was a lots-of-time, not-much-money sort of summer so everyone was pretty excited when the set of lockpicks that he’d ordered off the Internet arrived. We went down to the hardware store and bought a vise, some wood, and 6 random locks. Brought the whole

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[somerled]

That was one of the best summers. You know, I still have those beads!

[ringthebells]

The reason that consumer locks don’t need to be more pick- or bump-proof than they are now is that it’s generally easier to just smash a window.

Heh. Yeah.

So ... the lockpicking story has always made me uncomfortable. I'm trying to put my finger on why.

Maybe it's simply that I don't like being reminded of how not-secure I actually am. I mean, if I really stop and think about it I can say "Yeah, okay, it's not very hard to break into my house," but on a daily basis I lock the door and feel safe.

I had the "creepy!" reaction to Google streetview, too. Well, both the "wow, cool!" and the "eee, creepy!" reactions simultaneously, actually. (As soon as I found out I sent all my family members an email with a link to the Streetview of my own house, and the text, "This is neat! And creepy!")

Someone will use your sprinkler to access your bank records.

That is a truly horrible thought!