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> A lock is not to keep out bad guys who want to get in

This is definitely not true. Locks are to keep randos from invading your space — drunk, drugged, and/or mentally unhealthy people end up in the oddest places sometimes. My buddy had a guy high on meth open and climb through a laundry room window and start wandering through his house. I’ve twice had drunk people knock on my door loudly and try to let themselves in (different cities) and swear that they were at the right address. These were all in decent/nice areas (some not so nice areas a mile or so away, but still…).

Same with privacy corps…

You don’t want some rando who is irrationally angry at your business or at you to be able to find you easily.

You don’t have to be as famous as Barbra Streisand in order to be a person of interest to mentally unhealthy randos.

Just my 2 cents…



Totally agree, and I don’t feel this invalidated my point




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