Wizarding Home Security

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 31112

 
> From that, I assume that your average wizarding family puts a spell 
> on their home when they leave to "lock" the home, but someone 
clever 
> like Sirius can break the spell.  The problem, though, is that 
Sirius 
> almost certainly doesn't have a wand.  So how does he break into 
this 
> wizarding home?

> The answer, perhaps, is that he simply apparates from outside the 
> wizarding home to the inside and back again.  If that is so, then 
how 
> do wizards protect themselves against burglary-by-apparition?  

I don't think apparating is the answer for two reasons.  One, I think 
you probably need your wand to do that, and two, you're right, that 
would make any house completely unsecure.  I think wizards do use 
charms or spells or whatever.  I wonder if there are degrees of 
security, just like we have simple locks, deadbolts, the sliding 
chain thing, or some combination. Perhaps some wizard families feel 
pretty safe in their communities, and only use the bare minimum 
security charm.  And perhaps these charms would be relatively easy 
for a skilled wizard to overcome, even without a wand.  If that's the 
case, maybe Sirius acted like a skilled burglar and hunted around 
until he found a wizard house that only used a simple security charm.

I was thinking along the same lines with regard to Floo Powder.  You 
would think that there would also be some way to keep undesirables 
from showing up in your fireplace.  If not, again, anyone could show 
up.  There has to be a way to connect your fireplace to the Floo 
Network, but also to prevent the whole wizard world from having 
access.

Marianne