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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by michaelt on Friday May 10, 2019 @07:03AM (#19876677)
Maybe it's that I've never rented a nice enough place, but all my past landlords have chosen the £10-a-lock non-patent-protected locks over the £100-a-lock high security locks.
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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by rhinoceraptor on Friday May 10, 2019 @09:13AM (#19877363)
My landlord in the US uses cheap locks, he said he throws them away after each lease and puts in new ones. It was lucky for me one day when I forgot my keys, but had my lockpicking kit in my backpack. It took about 5 minutes to rake both the knob and deadbolt and get in.
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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by fernandotakai on Friday May 10, 2019 @01:58PM (#19880437)
where i live, it's customary to either re-key your door after you rent a new place or just exchange the whole lock.

as long as you give back two copies of the key by the end of the lease, landlords usually don't care.

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