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Door locks: tougher than ever.
There are basically two kinds of burglars: skilled professionals, often with tools, who check out a neighborhood before deciding which homes to target; and opportunistic thieves, who may simply kick doors until they find one that gives way. The right lock can deter the pro and defeat the opportunist.
Nearly two-thirds of all burglaries involve forced entry, and they succeed partly because of flimsy door locks and mounting hardware. But even poorly performing locks, we found in our tests of 31 models, can be significantly strengthened by replacing the strike (the metal plate that's mounted on the door jamb and into which the lock's bolt slides) with a $10 box ...
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