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Re:Picking Locks with Audio Technology by londons_explore on Saturday August 15, 2020 @05:37PM (#24172638)
If your home is broken into, but there is no smashed window, most home insurance policies won't pay out.

This sort of research will hopefully allow more homeowners to get payouts they are entitled to.

Re:Picking Locks with Audio Technology by Fezzik on Saturday August 15, 2020 @06:22PM (#24172933)
This is not even remotely true. Please point to any legitimate insurance provider that has this exception.
Re:Picking Locks with Audio Technology by londons_explore on Sunday August 16, 2020 @03:04AM (#24175857)
There isn't a written exception for it in the policy, but when the claims adjuster comes round they'll use it as an excuse to not pay anything because there's no evidence of theft.
Re:Picking Locks with Audio Technology by Chirael on Sunday August 16, 2020 @12:05AM (#24174980)
Depending on the value of the claim, if you believe the lock was picked, there are people/companies that can check the lock for forensic evidence of that [1] since picking, raking or bumping leaves very different marks on the pins than normal key usage.

[1] https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/DATAGRAM/BH...

Re:Picking Locks with Audio Technology by amelius on Saturday August 15, 2020 @05:56PM (#24172762)
Questionable if it's not in the insurance agreement.