Re: Writer needs info on burglar alarms

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Thats how some thieves have broken into ATM machines.


"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
news:vXvhe.14263$qn1.10537@xxxxxxxxxxx
> That's an easy one. I also saw something like this on an old Mission=20
> Impossible episode.
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> Mount an identical phoney keypad on top of the real one. The phoney =
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> will capture a code and act as a real keypad. The theif can then go =
back at=20
> anytime, remove the phoney keypad, whuch will display the code, then =
break=20
> in at will. The same keypad can also have the ability to show armed at =
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> times after hours, just in case there is a guard making a tour of the=20
> building. Not far fetched at all.
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> Jim Rojas
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> "Tim Walters" <tim.walters@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
> news:d660bm$ac$0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I'm writing a story set in 1988. One of the characters has to break =
into
> > someone's house. He's not a burglar, but a professional architect =
who's=20
> > kept
> > abreast of the latest developments in household security. The alarm =
he has
> > to disarm is up-to-date at that time. But he needs not only to =
deactivate
> > the alarm, but also to conceal the fact that it's been disarmed.
> >
> > If it's an infrared heat detector with a four-digit disarming code, =
it=20
> > would
> > also be helpful if, after disarming the device once, he could now =
work out
> > what that code was so as to break in again more easily later on.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > Tim
> > (For e-mail s u b r u b)
> >
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