Tiktok video raised fears that strangers can go across your front door, using their own key.
One of the home inspectors claimed that some locks that were sold to senior retailers may endanger thousands of homeowners.
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The viral warning came from Scott Lopec, a self -based safety in the United States.
“If you bought the locks from Home Depot or Lowe's, your keys to your place will open your neighbor's door,” Lopec claimed in his commercial clip.
The video has uploaded more than 73,000 views on Tiktok since it was published, and now it has more than 2,400 likes and more than 260 comments.
“There are only five different lock formations,” he said.
“In the sense that every fifth group sells it has the same precise key.”
Lopec described it as a “good fraught secret”, saying that he was aware of this through his work that turns his homes and from working in real estate.
“My main group will enter me into your home, or the house of anyone who went to Louis or Home Depot,” Lopec added.
The post left many viewers confusing and anxiously.
One commentator wrote: “Welp, thanks for telling everyone. I feel safe now.”
“Five keys for every very crazy brand,” another said.
“For this reason I use a lock. I learned the difficult way,” said one of the users.
“I am clean, I was shocked to realize a few weeks ago that I put the key to a person's wrong house and the door is still open!” Another books.
Another user added, “The first thing I do when moving is to change all locks,” another user added.
“Homeowners, it is good to know, not a common knowledge of everyone. Thank you for participating.”
How to protect your home
Upgrade your locks
Choose high -security Deadbolts like Schlage B60N – at reasonable, difficult, difficult to tamper with.
Use restricted keys
Seek locks with restricted or patented corridors. It cannot be copied without evidence and a special license.
Return the key after moving
If your home comes with already proven locks, ask it to return the key or replace it. You never know who has another version.
Keep a major record
Reducing a copy and follows. Do not leave spare parts under a mop or flower.
Add layer
Enhancing your entry with door bell cameras, sensors or warnings. Even the best key cannot stop storming alone.
“That's right, I worked in the lock warehouse, and the way we distributed it is the same,” one of the users warned.
But experts say that the claim does not stand up.
In fact, brand locks like KwikSet and Schlage contain thousands of major groups.
KW1 KW1 KW1's KW1 provides more than 10,000 unique options, while SC1 of SCLAGE has 72000, according to Marketplace.
“If you really want to unlock a random house, it is better for you to learn how to use a selection set,” Eric Glassen of KwikSet told the New York Post.
Thieves usually do not follow with a key anyway – they break the windows or forced the open doors.
One of the users commented: “Just locks keep a honest man.”
However, those who spoil the video can upgrade their protection.
WIRICTER recommends the Schlage B60N Deadbolt, which costs about $ 30 and is designed to stand on both silent rest and enter brutal force.
Even apartments in luxury buildings can find themselves in danger.
As for the influences of New York City, Kate Bartlett, a strange person stormed her apartment while she was still at home.
She lived in a tall towering with 24 -hour gates' arrival and the main card, but she left Deadbolt to be an unsafe.
“I was a kind of sleeping.” Bartlette recalls in the Tiktok video.
“In the end, I am like,” hello, hello? “… and I hear the man's voice say,” No, this is the home management. “
She said the intruder ran when he grabbed the triglyceride holder.
The building did not believe it at first, until she had another woman with a similar experience.
“I went out,” said Bartlet. “Lock your doors, even in a luxurious building.”
