Comments on: Change your alarm codes every year http://www.discreetsecuritysolutions.com/blog/archives/72 A non-destructive entry specialist writes... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:05:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: lockblog http://www.discreetsecuritysolutions.com/blog/archives/72#comment-17008 lockblog Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:36:49 +0000 http://www.discreetsecuritysolutions.com/blog/archives/72#comment-17008 Well, it is down to you and your insurance, and whether it will still cover you after a break-in, especially if the intruder simply turned your alarm off at the panel, by, for example, having worked in your store previously, or known the old owner of your house, or even just looked for the chocolate fingerprints your ten year old left on the panel a few months before! If you have a 4 digit code, and there is obvious wear or dirt on the keypad, your 10,000 possible combinations drops right down to just a handful to guess at. Well, it is down to you and your insurance, and whether it will still cover you after a break-in, especially if the intruder simply turned your alarm off at the panel, by, for example, having worked in your store previously, or known the old owner of your house, or even just looked for the chocolate fingerprints your ten year old left on the panel a few months before!

If you have a 4 digit code, and there is obvious wear or dirt on the keypad, your 10,000 possible combinations drops right down to just a handful to guess at.

]]> By: lock and key http://www.discreetsecuritysolutions.com/blog/archives/72#comment-16999 lock and key Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:19:02 +0000 http://www.discreetsecuritysolutions.com/blog/archives/72#comment-16999 what if i dont change my alarm codes? what if i dont change my alarm codes?

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