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Should we lock our doors with bank-vault locks, since we know how easily most common door locks are picked? The fact that an attacker would have to actively bypass the security should be enough for legal purposes. It is not like an attacker could accidentally crack a WEP-protected network and not know they were doing it.
No, nor should we uninstall the default deadbolt that comes with the house and replace it with a simple gate-style lock (you know, the kind you can reach over and unhook). We should use the default standard method of locking our doors. And our Wi-Fi access points.
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#311Incidentally, most deadbolts are ridiculously easy to pick. I can get into my front door deadbolt in about a minute with a multitool and a safety pin bent into the shape of a pick with said multitool [1]. Unless you've upgraded your typical run-of-the-mill deadbolt to one with mushroom, spool, or serrated pins [2] it will take roughly the same effort. Those higher-security locks typically run over a hundred bucks and as such aren't what most house builders would put in a front door.