Back when I lived in dodgy slum share housing, it was standard practice on the first day to deliberately lock yourself out and then break in.
This served two purposes:
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Figuring out how to avoid paying a locksmith when the inevitable lost key incident happened, and
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Figuring out where we needed to improve the security.
Tip: lock your upstairs windows. And make sure that you aren’t using locks that can be defeated just by wiggling the window frame.
