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Can IT confirm? (lemmy.world)
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[-] variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 29 points 9 months ago

But more realistically someone robbing your house is going to ring your doorbell to see if someone is home, then just walk around checking for unlocked windows.

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 26 points 9 months ago

True, but again it's about making it as inconvenient as possible. Manually locking windows and making sure they are locked is effective. In some places they put security bars on the windows. Tall fences can also create obstacles as well.

You won't stop everyone that wants to break in, but you can create enough trouble to keep out most people. Making it convenient for yourself by connecting everything to the internet just makes it convenient for everyone else too.

[-] tburkhol@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

You can't ever stop someone who really wants to get into your home. The best you can do is make your home look too tedious to bother with.

Or make your neighbor's home more attractive. Try keeping the neighbor's house key, neatly labelled & with alarm code, under your own doormat. Just in case.

[-] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Yes,but you don't do yourself any favours by leaving the front door open.

[-] BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Tall fences are usually privacy fences and they can make it really easy for a thief to spend a ton of time unseen in your backyard.

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Usually, but not always. I'm thinking more of the bar fence with spikes at the top.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Is the fence going to have a gate, and is that gate going to be locked? If so, you better put a fence around it to be safe.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 9 months ago

locks keep people honest, and make thieves pick a house that's less of a hassle.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 17 points 9 months ago

Bear theory.

My house doesn't need to be impenetrable, it just needs to be more of a hassle to get into than yours.

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Not even that. It just needs to look like more of a hassle.

They really just let anyone buy those signs that say you have security cameras or an angry dog.

[-] variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 6 points 9 months ago

Someone mentioned to me that those angry dog signs are a liability because if someone gets bit they can say you knew you had angry dog, so it's best just to have a sign that says dog and doesn't mention it's mood

[-] 1847953620@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

"Dog with sharp teeth"

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Might dependsl on your jurisdiction. But I wouldn't be worried they'd probably need to prove you had a duty of care to them which you acted outside of which resulted in injuries that could have been avoided by you acting with a reasonable level of care.

Also if you did have a duty of care to them and knowingly had a dangerous dog not warning someone of known dangers (the dog) might constitute a break of your duty of care.

Tldr: It depends, you get what you pay for get your advice from actual local lawyers not random people on the street or the internet (like me).

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