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Fingerprint door locks

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I saw a disturbing news story on TV a week or two ago about a new way for people to break into homes. It was so disturbing that that news program I was watching did a 10 minute segment on it and then followed up the next day.

I don’t want to give all the details about the news show that I saw in case some unsavory types find this post and use the technique, but basically it involved having a key made of the same brand as the home that the thief wants to break into and then simply using a hammer to tap the key into the lock. Unfortunately, and horrifyingly it worked within seconds every time it was demonstrated on the program that I was watching.

I eyed my door carefully as I watched the program and for many hours afterwords- that’s how disturbed I was by this new technique.

Then I started wondering how to protect our home. I have very odd sleeping hours so it seems that at any given hour one of us is up and awake in our home. I’m sure seeing someone moving around a home at all hours would deter the majority of break-ins from happening, but still home invasions do happen.

So what else could I think of to protect our home?

I came across a site that sells a new type of lock called the Fingerprint lock and it sounds like it’s exactly what I need in light of this new break in technique that I’ve just heard about.

Not only would this type of lock protect us from many types of break ins, but it would also save my husband a lot of grief. He comes from a long line of “Key Losers”. Every single person in his immediate family has the ability to walk into a house or room with their keys in their hands and within one minute the keys are missing. They put them in strange places and forget where they put the keys immediately. It’s unbelievable! It’s also very funny to watch, except for when it happens to my husband because then I need to give him my keys and if he loses them … well there will be H*** to pay. LOL Actually in the last 5 or so years he’s gotten much better about not losing keys. I’ve finally trained him to always put them in the same spot, but still, a fingerprint doorlock? That would ensure that lost keys would never be a problem again!

If we were going away and wanted to have someone check the house for us we could even “enroll” their fingerprint temporarily so that they could get into our home. Same thing if we took in any more boarders – and once they move out we could easily erase their prints from the door locks memory.

The fingerprint door lock comes in many different styles and price ranges. So it would be easy to find one or two for your home that would suite the style of your house or door, and your budget.

I’m really excited about this new product- particularly after watching the news program and seeing how easy it would be to break into our house with the normal dead bolt locks we have on our doors now.

What do you think of this product idea? Would you purchase one if the price was reasonable? Why or why not?






Private Equity Database

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What is your child doing on their Myspace Account?

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Do you have a myspace account yet? It seems these days that just about everyone has one. I have one but I really haven’t done anything with it- I assume there are a lot of people like me out there that have done the same, started an account to see what all the fuss was but then never really did much with it or explored the possibilities that the myspace account allowed.

Unfortunately, if you have kids, there is a high chance that they have a myspace account and that they are using it to it’s full extent. Now, I know there are a lot of good things about myspace like talking with friends online, and sharing photos and links etc, but there are a lot of bad things too. I’m sure you’ve heard some of the news stories about special police or FBI task forces concentrating on internet predators. It’s an unfortunate fact that many of these predators and pedophiles also have myspace accounts and use these accounts to talk to the type of kids that they are interested in or perversely drawn towards.

SpectorSoft has created a software application that does Myspace tracking. Concerned parents can record your child or teens myspace activity so that they can find out what there child has been doing on myspace. You’ll know when they’ve updated their site, or uploaded photos, made comments or invited people to be their friends. With this Myspace Tracking software parents can keep an eye on things and make sure that their “friends” aren’t really 45 year old pedophiles, or that your child isn’t being sent inappropriate photos. I don’t think this would be considered spying on your child. A parent using this software would just be looking out for their kid and making sure that something bad didn’t happen to them.

We go through enough confusing stuff as we are growing up. It would be nice to be able to protect kids from some of the worst kinds of encounters they might ever have.

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