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Originally Posted by Zeke

Going with that and thinking your average "lock bumper" or raker is not going to have the ability to defeat these as quicky and will just 'break' in. So I buy Yale locks for entry doors because they are not common. The interlocking Yale is the best thing for a pair of French doors, or any double door.

Originally Posted by zakthor

Maybe I've watched too much 'lockpicking lawyer' but it already seems like mechanical locks are designed by clowns. Obfuscation is the name of the game.

But I know for sure that adding a computer into the mix isn't going to make anything better for the end user.

I have thought about all sorts of door and lock security. I've thought "wouldn't it be better if there were "bolts" in more than one spot. And there are pins that you can put in the hinges in place of hinge screws that help hold the hinge side like a bolt would. I've thought "let's replace the crap locks with good locks."

But after a few mins of thinking about upgrading locks, long screws, extra bolts, etc..., I realize that anyplace that's got a window on the ground floor is not worth spending much time, money, thought on securing a door. The average home, with front door, back door, side or garage door, and half a dozen downstairs windows is so full of points of entry, that a standard basic lock is enough to keep out anyone that would be stopped by any lock.