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Re:My favorite apps on F-Droid by brewdad on Sunday July 08, 2018 @07:38PM (#17486933)
Yes, landlords are limited in the reasons they may enter and renters do have rights but at the end of the day the landlord still owns the property. A tenant changing the locks has to be illegal under any sane jurisdiction.
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Re:My favorite apps on F-Droid by yulaow on Monday July 09, 2018 @12:58PM (#17491651)
Actually in my country the law "soft" encourage you to change the lock as soon as you get the rent contract.

The reason is simple: if someone breaks inside opening the door (maybe even just because they were good lock-pickers) the police has to investigate firstly on whoever has the key or could give a copy of them to others, so if the landlord can it is gonna be some rough months to him while they have to check if he sold/gave a copy of your key to anyone with bad intentions.

Some landlords even ask you to change it yourself asap (like my last one)

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Re:My favorite apps on F-Droid by tpush on Sunday July 08, 2018 @08:34PM (#17487140)
> A tenant changing the locks has to be illegal under any sane jurisdiction.

Changing the locks as a tenant is completely legal in Germany for example.

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