I generally think about it as the difference between Microsoft's Security through Obscurity, and the Linux model of what might be called publish-and-patch. The problem with the real world is that even if there was open discussion of security weaknesses, the actual physical investment needed to “patch” it is so much higher.

Maybe the physical world will catch up at the point where CNC machines can immediately manufacture new parts, that can be swapped in!

Regardless of the constellation of physical security systems we surround ourselves with, People will always be the number one security flaw. Why break a window or pick a lock, when you can knock on the door and con someone into giving you what you want? Maybe a more timely necessity is some sort of interpersonal virus and anti-malware agent; at some point in the drunken night your smartphone pipes up to let you know of the potential dangers of your encounter, or that you about to emotionally and financially expose yourself to a manipulating bastard!

Security measures are as effective as they are ever going to be just by existing. Like the 'SecureAlarm' sticker in my neighbours front window, it doesn't have to be real to dissuade a non-threat.

I have an eerily similar story lockpick story. I spent a summer living alone in a giant Victorian mansion that would usually house nine, completely broke, writing a cemetery conservation plan in Peterborough. I decided I needed a hobby of some sort to keep me entertained between weekends…It was either learn to pick locks or order a clockwork repair kit.

And, living alone, it completely freaked me out that it was so easy to get past what was my only line of defense.

Bump keys require no skill, the path of least resistance stops being an incentive.

At the highest levels of security, both online and in real life, only the most knowledgeable and skilled can be confident that their property is secure, and even then that confidence is poised to be shattered.

I'd like to be ready for when online privacy issues invade real life, but like both online and in real life, I'll probably still rely heavily on statistical obscurity.

As a heritage person I take a lot of pictures of other peoples homes. As long as I'm on the street it's legal, but only because large scale, open projects like Google Streetview were (until recently) assumed to big to be viable. Its not too surprising that our personal security is disappearing as we become more of a global hivemind!

I generally think about it as the difference between Microsoft's Security through Obscurity, and the Linux model of what might be called publish-and-patch. The problem with the real world is that even if there was open discussion of security weaknesses, the actual physical investment needed to “patch” it is so much higher.

Maybe the physical world will catch up at the point where CNC machines can immediately manufacture new parts, that can be swapped in!

Regardless of the constellation of physical security systems we surround ourselves with, People will always be the number one security flaw. Why break a window or pick a lock, when you can knock on the door and con someone into giving you what you want? Maybe a more timely necessity is some sort of interpersonal virus and anti-malware agent; at some point in the drunken night your smartphone pipes up to let you know of the potential dangers of your encounter, or that you about to emotionally and financially expose yourself to a manipulating bastard!

Security measures are as effective as they are ever going to be just by existing. Like the 'SecureAlarm' sticker in my neighbours front window, it doesn't have to be real to dissuade a non-threat.

I have an eerily similar story lockpick story. I spent a summer living alone in a giant Victorian mansion that would usually house nine, completely broke, writing a cemetery conservation plan in Peterborough. I decided I needed a hobby of some sort to keep me entertained between weekends…It was either learn to pick locks or order a clockwork repair kit.

And, living alone, it completely freaked me out that it was so easy to get past what was my only line of defense.

Bump keys require no skill, the path of least resistance stops being an incentive.

At the highest levels of security, both online and in real life, only the most knowledgeable and skilled can be confident that their property is secure, and even then that confidence is poised to be shattered.

I'd like to be ready for when online privacy issues invade real life, but like both online and in real life, I'll probably still rely heavily on statistical obscurity.

As a heritage person I take a lot of pictures of other peoples homes. As long as I'm on the street it's legal, but only because large scale, open projects like Google Streetview were (until recently) assumed to big to be viable. Its not too surprising that our personal security is disappearing as we become more of a global hivemind!