Bump Keys Are Your Biggest Threat to your Home Locks and Deadbolts

For years criminals have been using so-called bump keys to defeat most of the standard locks, which are no doubt the same class of locks and deadbolts you probably have on your house right now. Any sort of conventional pin and tumbler lock is vulnerable to a common key which the crook has modified into a so-called “bump key”.

What a bump key is, is nothing more than an ordinary key that has had its teeth filed down to the depth of the inner groove which runs along the length of the key. Again, the Net is rife with examples demonstrating how make a bump key.

What you need to know is that this type of threat can be totally eliminated with higher-end locks and deadbolts like Medeco locks and Schlage Primus line. And yes, having a monitored home alarm system can add to the security that high end locks can offer. So can home safes, diversion safes, neighborhood watch programs, and doing whatever you can to avoid making it easy for a thief to target you in the first place.

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