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No, that's a terrible analogy unless this stranger is not a stranger, and is known to be trusted holding tons of personally identifiable information of yourself and your peers, and has already been alerted they left a window wide open (in this example, minimal tech know how is required).

And saying crowbar is intentionally misleading people into thinking that damage is somehow being done during the check.



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