a safe in my dorm room

Pathetique
Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:29:36 +0000

Aaron: Uh, lock their door? Unless you live on the first floor or have major roommate concerns, I don’t see why you would need to do much else.

You can buy a laptop lock, and I’ve seen people use those (I would probably get one if I lived on the first floor), but a safe for a laptop? Seems overkill. Especially because if they wanted the safe they could probably just pick it up and go. I doubt you’re spending the money for *that *big of a safe, and you can’t bolt it down in your room. If they got in to your room through your open door, it won’t be that hard to get out. Even if you’re talking specifically about a laptop safe.

If you want to prevent theft, keep in mind you’re generally looking to prevent casual theft in a dorm. Things that are easy to pick up and go, and fast. Typically if you lock your door you can prevent that. At my university the only people that campus reported getting robbed in the dorms were the students that went to sleep with their doors unlocked. There was one case where a room was broken in to on the first floor and laptops were stolen (with the sleeping occupants inside), but that’s pretty rare. If you would rather be safe than sorry, I don’t see why a simple laptop lock properly used wouldn’t do the trick. Just use it when you’re sleeping or out of the room or whatever.

We also have lockable drawers at my university. That’s also an option, since it’s somewhat hard to quickly and quietly get in to a locked drawer. I thought I would use it, however, and I never did.