That is the weird thing. Some locks are harder then others, some are a piece of cake. The skill of picking a lock, one would think, would be more widespread as the basics are simple. One of the reasons I started this thread is to see how many other people can do it. Not one other person in my office had a clue where to start if they were to attempt it.
Take my case in the OP. It was less then a minute to entirely disable an alarm system. I’m sure if I practiced I could bring that time down by half (cat burgler isn’t my line of work so I don’t need to bring my time down). Even still, 45 seconds is MORE then enough time to disable an active system with an entry delay. Whats better, the phone jack for the panel was right next to it. Any average cat burgler type could just unplug the phone line if they were a bit slow and the siren went off.
Inside the panel door was a sticker with the panels diagram and a book on the alarm panel and keypad. WHAT? That’s security? Once I got the panel door open I had a pretty picture showing me just which wire to yank. Nice job Protection One.
Granted, I was in the security business for several years so I have a better understanding on systems then my mom or Joe Average. Even still anyone who can hook up a hi-fi could disable an alarm system if there is a pretty picture right next to it.
It is interesting how many people have this false sence of security just because something is locked up or alarmed - or both.