Two days ago, I was visiting a good friend when I spied a Yale house key on his kitchen table. Under the key were a few things for his rental unit. I commented to him that I have a similar key. On a lark, I pull my house key out and compare the two. My jaw dropped when I noticed it was the same exact key. His wife stated that the key opens their rental. I was aghast. They were identical! He tried his key at my home and it opened like butter.
Now, I am thinking of re-locking all my doors with something so that he can't get in, not that he would...but I wouldn't take the chance. I do have a monitored alarm system..but still. On the flip side, I can get into his rental...weird.
While researching locks...I came across this lock picking video. I will be the first to tell you I know nothing of this...so I found this rather informational.
Lock Picking How-To with Cut Away Lock in Practice StandHence my question to everyone here. Should I try and put biometric locks or something different and possibly harder to get into? I will be calling a locksmith to pick his/her brain and to see if I can change my front and back doors to something that uses the same key/pass code/whatever for convenience sake. I figure if I have to buy locks for the house, I should look into something a little more secure and convenient.
This whole thing has been a real
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