Locksmiths can’t say it enough: this little sliver of barrel poking out past your front door handle is what opens the whole thing in under a minute
A sliver of exposed metal on your door handle—sometimes just 2mm—is all a burglar needs to break in within seconds using a technique called lock snapping. Affecting roughly 1 in 3 forced entries, this quiet, quick method has become the preferred choice of opportunist thieves. Discover why your euro cylinder lock is vulnerable and what a simple £60-120 upgrade can do.