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Warning: Is Your Hotel Safe Really Safe?

Travelers often assume that those little metal hotel safes are pretty secure when it comes to keeping valuables safe. But how safe are they really? A new YouTube demonstration from Jim Stickley, a cyber security expert, shows that with a piece metal similar to a paperclip—and the right skill set—it’s actually pretty easy to break into a run of the mill hotel safe by bypassing the keypad altogether.

Warning: Is Your Hotel Safe Really Safe? 
“People often think the room itself is secure,” Stickley told The Huffington Post.“They know that the cleaning crew may have access, but think that is a low risk especially if they use the hotel room safe. The reality is that gaining access to a person’s hotel room is not difficult.” 

By maneuvering the piece of metal, Stickley quickly picks the lock, and you can hear a loud pop when it opens. “I advise people who travel to keep important items or things of value with you, use the office safe, or leave them at home,"Chris McGoey, a security expert who runs Los Angeles-based McGoey Security Consulting, told The Huffington Post.

McGoey offers the following tips to travelers who wish to protect their valuables while on the road.

 How secure is a hotel safe? (Corbis)

–Think of hotel safes as being minimally secure, a step above hiding valuables in luggage or hidden in a drawer.
–Hotel safes that are not secured to the wall are not very secure.
–Hotel safes should not be used for things of great value, importance, or one-of-a-kind items.
–Ask the concierge about secure safe. Hotels usually have one in their offices.

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