Security Lock Analogies
This cluster revolves around debates using home burglary, door locks, alarms, and thief analogies to argue for or against proactive security measures, often likening them to IT or physical security practices beyond relying on laws alone.
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I think of it more like someone's house getting robbed because of them having bad or no locks¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This is like burglars. You don't need to scare all the burglars, you just need to make your house slightly more inconvenient to rob than your neighbor's door.
Using this train of thought, you probably don't even have a lock in your door - burglary is illegal!
Consider it a favor when criminals break into your improperly secured house and steal all your stuff.
Theft and burglary are, in the vast majority of cases, crimes of opportunity. That's the only point I can think of that favours locking one's door. Otherwise, if you have something someone really, really wants to steal, they'll find a way. Bit like IT security ;)
I am more worried about thieves using this to see if there's anyone home before robbing it.
People don't care as much about a camera outside the house. They'd rather catch package thieves and car break-ins
Your stuff can't be stolen. Period. A different thing is that you may suck at protecting your house.
You've been appropriately downvoted for a terrible take.Imagine if you left your house unlocked it would be broken into seconds later. Even worse, the people that broke into it live in a different country with no extradition law and you'd never figure out who they are anyway.In this case your insurance company would tell you lock your damned doors and the police may even charge you under public nuisance laws.
We don't need locks to protect our homes, that's what burglary laws are for.