The device he s created dubbed the opensesame can open a garage door using a brute force attack in less than 10 seconds.
How easy to break into garage door.
Through the garage window.
Push the hooked end of the wire through the weather seal between the frame of the house and the top of the garage door.
How they can get into your garage.
Fortunately there s an easy fix to this problem.
If the garage doesn t have a keypad another way to get in is by using a hook to reach up over the garage door and grab the emergency release rope.
Emergency garage door release.
Just as quick and simple a household wire hanger.
It only takes 6 seconds to do it.
Inside your garage door is an emergency release you can pull to open the door if you are stuck inside.
Catch the emergency release lever yellow arrow and gently pull until the lever releases.
By disengaging the safety release on your door the door can be rolled up by hand to let a thief inside and then quickly back down as if nothing were out of the ordinary.
To the casual passerby an open garage with a work truck pulled up to it doesn t look out of place or scream break in.
This is an easy way for thieves to break into your car and get easy access to your garage.
How garage door openers work before we get into the details of the vulnerability let s explain a bit about how automatic garage door openers developed.
Unfortunately thieves have figured out that by stringing a coat hanger wire underneath the door they can find and trip that latch easily popping the door open.
Straighten a coat hanger but leave a curved hook on one end.
8 ways to keep thieves out of your garage.
Standard garage doors are way too easy to break into.
Monitor these things for a safer garage.
If necessary hook the.
To open up a roll up garage door all a thief needs to do is thread a coat hanger or hooked piece of wire through the top of the door and pull the emergency latch.
Since it s on the inside this should be safe right.
Garage door are not only a weakness but provide criminals a shelter once inside.
Don t leave your garage door opener remotes anywhere especially in the car.