"That philosophy has riled lock manufacturers and law-enforcement officials, who believe disseminating information about lock weaknesses can only encourage illicit activity."
So.. knowing there is a weakness in their product is not an incentive to correct it as quickly as possible?
It's a reallly biggg inherant weakness, thousands of years old.
Locks keep honest people honest, they just slow down the dishonest ones a little.
Ah, I see you've noticed the average police chief/officer's thought process when asked for comment is hardly constructive - that would require effort. Instead, they trot the standard lines:
- Sobriety checkpoints are about safety
- Lock your doors & windows during the holidays (do people leave them wide open the rest of the year?)
- Use a light timer
- Allow for extra stopping distance when the roads are wet
etc. etc.
Newspapers and news writers drive me absolutely mental. I hate to side with those who never read the papers and call them fishwrap (with some justification) but the repetition and the simplemindedness with which some subjects are approached is absolutely beyond the pale.
A lazy writer asks a lazy cop for a quote and this is the kind of no-kidding response we get. AND....they trot it out like it's some rare pearl of wisdom!