How do theives break in through automatic garage?

[LetTimmySmoke]

So i have almost every aspect of my house security finished, except the garage door. i have one of those remote garage doors, you can press a button inside the house or through a remote keyfob and it opens.


Im worried theives with smarts can somehow hack the garage door openers and simply just enter through there.

Is there better way to keep the garage door secure. There was recently a burglary from a friends grow where they drilled holes into the garage door and used some kinda of thing to open it....

i got all my regular doors and windows covered, but the garage door is like the main entry point! the garage connects to my kitchen through a standard door, i could put more security on that but im sure once they are in they could just smash it down or saw through it.

 

[HighDesertJoe]

Garage Door Security – Rolling Code Technology.

The latest generation of garage door openers employ rolling code technology (hopping code) to use one of millions of different codes every time you use the remote.

As a new code is generated with each use, there are no switches to set - and it is virtually impossible for thieves to “grab” your code. This means that automatic garage door openers can be used without garage door security concerns.

Do not leave the remote in your car, should a thief break in to your car and steal the remote he has a way into your home. Consider purchasing a key-chain remote you should be able to find one compatible with your system.
http://www.surveillanceforsecurity.com/garage-door-security.html
Hope this might help
Good Luck

 

[bigghead]

your code can be cracked easily with the right piece of equipment. but the theif would have to be very close when you operate the door and most likely take multiple attempts. no i will not give the process. iam a former gdo tech. many people with openers leave the side door unlocked. so the theif just walks in hits the inside button and door opens. they want your large easy to move equipment. snowblowers, lawn mowers,atvs.

 

[FlaDankster]

WELD IT SHUT!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HighDesertJoe]

your code can be cracked easily with the right piece of equipment. but the theif would have to be very close when you operate the door and most likely take multiple attempts. no i will not give the process. iam a former gdo tech. many people with openers leave the side door unlocked. so the theif just walks in hits the inside button and door opens. they want your large easy to move equipment. snowblowers, lawn mowers,atvs.

Automatic Garage Door Openers.

When the first generation of garage door openers went on sale, many years ago, much was made of the convenience of having the door to your garage open at the press of a button. However, no thought was given to garage door security.
All of the remotes used the same code. When the thieves caught on to this fact they armed themselves with a remote transmitter and had themselves a field day.
To overcome this issue, second generation remote transmitters were introduced that included a row of dip switches. It was necessary to change the setting of these switches, usually a row of 8 – 12, from the default setting and change also the dip switches in the garage opener system box.
Unfortunately many homeowners forgot to do this and a thief with a remote set at default could open the door.
Another security weakness with second generation openers was that thieves equipped with code grabbers, devices that can capture and retransmit the signal from your garage door remote, could wait, perhaps parked some way from your home, until you used the remote, and grab the code - you drive off and he has access to your garage.

Garage Door Security – Rolling Code Technology.

The latest generation of garage door openers employ rolling code technology (hopping code) to use one of millions of different codes every time you use the remote.
As a new code is generated with each use, there are no switches to set - and it is virtually impossible for thieves to “grab” your code. This means that automatic garage door openers can be used without garage door security concerns.

http://www.surveillanceforsecurity.com/garage-door-security.html

 

[Chester]

There are some devices I've tested that you can text with your phone (something you make-up like "Open Sesame 1") that will then power-on the garage door opener to even receive your door opener code. When you leave, you can text another code to turn to power to the garage door opener off. (A garage door opener with no power is a good as an anchor)

You program a specific list of phone numbers that this beastie will even listen to. Rippers/LEO are S.O.L. (Sure Outta Luck) Only downside, Gen 1 is expensive and Gen 2 isn't on the market yet.


Stay safe.

 

[Blueshark]

Timmy, Your biggest worry will be a thief using a tool to snare your emergency release rope.
this item is what you pull to release the opener in case of a power outage. Don't worry about someone stealing you rolling code. Old 'digital' transmitters could be duplicated because homeowners and installers were LAZY. They would not change the 'pins' and they all are the same from the factory. The emergency release is your weak point.

I would recommend you making some kind of 'blocking device' mounted over the top of the door or secure the door in its tracks with a broomstick or something to block the rollers. Of course, if they do a smash and grab, you're not going to stop them anyway.

 

[Phillthy]

you dont need to crack codes. you walk up to the door and lift it up. thats it. if it is locked you use a screw driver in the lock with vice grips until it breaks. it is that simple. garage doors are very easy to get into. too easy.

 

[Brother Bear]

Give it a nice push in the middle at the top. Will crack inwards enough to reach in and grab the handle to pull it off the track.

 

[FreedomFightr]

Exactly what brotherbear said. The #1 way thieves get into the garage is the way Brotherbear explained. That rope that hangs from garage release you should always remove that rope and knob.

 

[Phillthy]

best to brick it up and be done with it.

 

[Throwgar]

Don't worry about garage door hackers, the latest "rolling code" openers work like car door fobs. Each time the fob is pressed, it sends a new code to the receiver, and resynchronizes the link... or something similar. It would be just as likely that someone break into your car that way.

A nice trick to play on someone is to press their fob 50-100 times when they are not within range of their car. This will cause a mis-synch, and it will not work again until it is manually reset. How do you do that? It's different for every car.

 

[Strainhunter]

Don't worry about garage door hackers, the latest "rolling code" openers work like car door fobs.

........

Try telling that to the people in California & Florida a little back.
Many of their Garage doors opened/closed mysteriously day and night 'till it was found the Department of Defense radio waves caused it.

So what does your or OP's garage door have to do with that? What the DoD did (see above) can relatively easy be repeated by Joe Blow wanting to open them doors. There even is a link to the "how to" but I won't post that...

Just one story I randomly picked out for you:

YORBA LINDA, Calif. -- Shelley Slack felt like a desperate housewife when the door to the garage of her suburban home developed a mind of its own earlier this year. The door refused to obey her commands and opened and closed on its own. "One time I got locked in the garage without my house key when the door went down without warning," she told the Los Angeles Times. "I had to manually pull it open to get out."
Slack also noticed the garage door of her neighbor's home behaving mysteriously, opening and closing on its own many times during the day. After several weeks of this baffling behavior, Slack rang up a local repairman, blah blah blah.

PS: HERE are 100's mores stories to read.

 

[gdtrfb]

my garage door has a metal prong at both sides you can slide into the track at the bottom on both sides - yah, i can't open my garage door from the outside, but neither can anybody else no matter what electronic toys they bring or how flexible they are.

 

[McDank8O5]

My neighbors got broken into because latino gangsters used crow bars to pry up the garage enough for a few of them to grab and lift it up and bam entry to the whole house. Honestly if your worried put in cameras/motion sensors they have cheap and reliable systems all over the net

 

[kmk420kali]

i got all my regular doors and windows covered, but the garage door is like the main entry point! the garage connects to my kitchen through a standard door, i could put more security on that but im sure once they are in they could just smash it down or saw through it.

Keep in mind, in single story houses, there usually is no plywood (sheer wall)...so it is very easy to simply break through the stucco next to the man-door...reach in, and unlock it--

 

[compost]

The better question is how could a capable person NOT be able to get into a regular garage door. The breaker for my door is turned off, I have a latch on one side of the door, and on the other I have a chain in the tracks that is padlocked. For those of you who use metal pole barns it is a good idea to line the inside with a thick layer of plywood.

 

[Yes_I_Am]

they will get in through the roof as well, it happened to my mate.

 

[intotheunknown]

usually on the tracks there are notches or openings for locks.

i take a piece of re bar and wedge it in between the track and the roller. good luck opening that.

 

[Yes_I_Am]

yu can buy a id finder that picks up the code from you eletric door and then lock onto it and open the door. the re bar trhing is your best bet imo.