Common locks easily overcome

[Paul_B]

Not really Home Automation but I sure it will be interest / concern to many. BBC published this article today, 20th February, relating to increasing use of "lock snapping" to gain entry to a house:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-17075027

I also found the following You Tube video which shows a number of ways to overcome common euro cylinder locks in less than 2 minutes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hwZrU9QzgM

Paul

[cliffajw]

Protect against Lock Snapping

The use of methods such as lock-snapping proliferate exponentially as more and more thieves adopt the technique. Sadly lock-snapping requires very little artistry and so is accessible for even the most inexperienced would-be thief. High security euro locks, like the BS kitemarked UAP Anti-Snap Euro Cylinder, offers protection against this threat at a very low cost and replacing your euro cylinder can be done easily in just a couple of minutes. Just Google for "UAP Anti-Snap High Security Euro Cylinder".