It is easy to break into most home garages in just six seconds.
How to break into an old garage door.
Garage door locked from the outside.
It is relatively easy for thieves to break into your home by the garage door.
Videos at youtube show how it is done.
Through an old and broken garage door.
A squeaky garage door instantly gives an idea to a thief that breaking into the home is a piece of cake.
If you have an old garage door chances are it might pose as a threat to your home s security.
All that is needed is a coat hanger and a little practice.
A number of online videos show how it s done.
It only takes a few seconds and you could do it too.
Straighten a coat hanger but leave a curved hook on one end.
Before we get into the details of the vulnerability let s explain a bit about how automatic garage door openers developed.
While you could learn how to pick your own locks reader ilovetofu shows us how to open a garage door in.
Ever forget your keys to the house or even lost your garage door remote.
Prevent garage door break ins.
We all have those rare or not so rare occasions where we lock ourselves out of our house.
The first electric garage door opener was introduced in 1926 but didn t gain in popularity until after world war ii.
Which made us question how.
Even forgetting to close the garage door once is enough to let the wrong people into your home.
How thieves break into locked garages with just a coat hanger.
Most garage doors have an emergency release located on the inside of the door which though useful in an emergency also create a vulnerability by allowing burglars to activate the release with a wire from outside the door much like breaking into a car door.
Once you see how easy it is to do you should be inspired to always lock the door between the garage and the house.
Hackers can use a code grabber device to intercept and copy the signal from your old garage door remote.
They can then send the copied signal to your garage door opener and open the door.