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tugrikStrangely enough, one of the things I've felt I've always needed to buy (but haven't) was a safe. Something 2-hour fireproof, media capable, that has the ability to be bolted to the floor from inside. I'd transfer the hanging files that have all my tax and personal documents into it, as well as a few LTO and DLT tapes (both from my own network and offsites from work). I'm just trying to figure out how much of a false sense of security they might or might not be.
I have the car-alarm worry. If someone really wants your car, there's not a damn thing you can do about it, honestly. Your best bet is a lo-jack like device that helps the cops track it down after they steal it (instead of trying to stop the theft itself). Even those are commonly foiled by various jamming techniques when a pro theft ring wants an expensive car bad enough. Therefore, a car alarm only does three things: stops the most petty of petty theives, makes you feel more secure (somewhat falsely), and wakes your neighbor up at 3am when someone drives too close to it. How much of this applies to safes at home? Is having a proper (but consumer-grade) safe, lag-bolted to the slab in the garage, going to keep out someone who actually wants to break in and take stuff? Or is it the kind of thing that a petty thief with a crowbar will be able to pop off the cement and tote to his car for later disassembly?
It's just something I've never thought about before, is all. I like the idea of keeping things safe from fire and casual theft, but I don't want to be paying the $$ for a false sense of security.
I have the car-alarm worry. If someone really wants your car, there's not a damn thing you can do about it, honestly. Your best bet is a lo-jack like device that helps the cops track it down after they steal it (instead of trying to stop the theft itself). Even those are commonly foiled by various jamming techniques when a pro theft ring wants an expensive car bad enough. Therefore, a car alarm only does three things: stops the most petty of petty theives, makes you feel more secure (somewhat falsely), and wakes your neighbor up at 3am when someone drives too close to it. How much of this applies to safes at home? Is having a proper (but consumer-grade) safe, lag-bolted to the slab in the garage, going to keep out someone who actually wants to break in and take stuff? Or is it the kind of thing that a petty thief with a crowbar will be able to pop off the cement and tote to his car for later disassembly?
It's just something I've never thought about before, is all. I like the idea of keeping things safe from fire and casual theft, but I don't want to be paying the $$ for a false sense of security.
