[HPforGrownups] Re: Alohomora

[Kbeanie13 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23200

Vicki wrote:

"I always thought that that wasn't a very well known charm, there's no 
 mention of anyone other than Hermione using it that I can remember and 
 no attempts to use it either. I always just figured that Hermione 
 founf it in an obscure book at the back of the library and that 
 there's more to is than just the spoken word..."

Yes, but remember that Hermione was only a first-year.  Maybe she was a very 
precocious first-year, but a "criminal-mastermind" trying to break into a 
house would certainly know it.  If there was more than just the spoken word, 
the the "criminal-mastermind" would know how to work it, too.  The wizards 
need more of a protection than plain locks if even a not-fully trained wizard 
like Hermione could unlock locks.