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Ask HN: Have you ever had to hack into your own home?

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Re: Ask HN: Have you ever had to hack into your own home?

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As a latchkey kid before cell phones who often misplaced small objects, I've broken into my own houses/apartments fairly regularly. (Now I do the boring 'keep a spare key at work (which is within walking distance))'

But I think my favorite ways are using a butter knife to jimmy locks + shimmying across a balcony/ledge with a neighbor's sword to cut my way in through an otherwise inaccessible window. Removing a door by the hinges is fun.

The easiest way to break into a home depends a lot on the home itself. You're basically memorizing the house as a system and noting what the system's weak parts are.

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever had to hack into your own home?

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In our building, someone discovered that a 2L plastic bottle can be used to open a door from the outside. This trick has come to the rescue of numerous neighbors over the years, especially when the door accidentally shuts due to the wind or playful kids.[1]

I locked my kid in the car recently too - found out that even regular car windows are pretty hard to break.

[1] Looks like a "brazilian trick" should be specific to cheapish doors ofc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Ki4Uj5LAI

Btw this is the purest use of the internet... no discussion, no politics, just people needing help and thanking the guy for the help.

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever had to hack into your own home?

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post #7

As a latchkey kid before cell phones who often misplaced small objects, I've broken into my own houses/apartments fairly regularly. (Now I do the boring 'keep a spare key at work (which is within walking distance))' But I think my favorite ways are using a butter knife to jimmy locks + shimmying across a balcony/ledge with a neighbor's sword to cut my way in through an otherwise inaccessible window. Removing a door b…

> “shimmying across a balcony/ledge with a neighbour’s sword to cut my way through”

probably the most interesting one I’ve ever heard!

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