I recommend replacing the garage door opener with a door opener that has changing codes for more security. The simple door openers without changing codes can have the opening code copied by a criminal if they are physically near your garage at the time when you open or close your garage.
There is another simple modification you can make to your garage door to increase your security. One way criminals break into your home is to put a coat hanger in the top of the garage door where there is a smaller opening for a coat hanger to slip in. They grab the emergency garage door opening string, and release the door opener lock. Criminals can open a locked overhead garage door in 30 to 60 seconds. Once the criminal is in the garage, they walk through an unlocked door into the house. Many people never lock the door from the garage to the house. Or, the criminal could break through the door to the house, undetected from outside the house, after they close the overhead door. There are YouTube videos that demonstrate how criminals can exploit this security vulnerability.
You can easily make your garage door immune to this security vulnerabilty by removing the emergency release cord and tie wrapping the release mechanism. If you ever need to release the emergency lock in the future, you simply cut the tie wrap. Everyone can increase their overhead door security, but very few people make the modification.
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