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In general I agree for the sake of security, but in all fairness, the types of locks for which they are duplicating keys are pickable in under 60 seconds. It is essentially a waste of time to go through making a duplicate key - it is quite a sobering moment for me when I realized how easily I could defeat the locks on my house.

High security locks whose keys need protection, such as BEST Locks, are probably outside the scope of this service, and are not normally available to consumers anyways.



There is a vast difference in the number of people who can pick locks and the number of people with cameras.


Not when you correct it by the subset of people who would consider breaking into your house. Lockpicking and bumping are very easy, even for the amateur criminal.




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