Len Sassaman wrote:
Isn't this like saying that cryptography isn't important, because most real world attacks aren't cipher breaks? Also, if you pick the lock, potentially no one will know that you gained access. An ordinary burglar can just break a window, but someone with a more subtle reason for wanting to gain access may not want to.Most of the time, the lock is not the weakest point of attack.
If I wanted to make a building physically secure, my instinct would be to use electronic locks. While attacks on, say, an iButton are probably possible, it seems to me that it must be an order of magnitude more difficult than attacking a mechanical lock.
Now, I'm not an expert on locks, so firstly am I right? If so, does this mean that high security mechanical locks will gradually disappear?
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Pete
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