Are Garage Door Openers a Security Risk?
If you have an electronic garage door opener, chances are that a thief can gain access to your home quite easily. Picture this? It’s 7 am and you have just pulled out of your garage, on your way to work. Like any other day, you point your garage door remote towards the house, close the garage door and drive away. Meanwhile, a thief is parked nearby, watching you leave. He simply drives up to your home, points a code-grabber at your garage door, and opens it. Yes, it is that simple! Now, while you are entering the freeway, he is driving into your garage and entering your home. Not the type of scenario any of us wish for, right? Well, if you have an electronic garage door opener, your home and family could be at risk. Every hour of the day, law enforcement officials report on break-ins like this that could have easily been avoided, but thieves continue to use code-grabbers to gain unrestricted access to people’s possessions and family. Since these devices can be activated from hundreds o
