Hotel Room Safe Decoy / Trap Method
Tradecraft concept for using in-room hotel safes as a divergent security frontline for (actual) valuables or a self-actuating surveillance device with quick, no special equipment setup.
In most cases, in-room hotel safes are relatively secure and should be used whenever made available. In other cases, they’re essentially props, to make the customer feel better with a false sense of security.
There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.
However in all cases, these safes can be used more strategically for a better effect or for a completely different purpose than it’s designed for; surveillance.
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