Keypads : Just run by the place that makes it, and have a new master code put in.
Buy a new one, with a new master code.
I have been prone to do this anyway, especially in new construction areas, because all the houses most likely have the same code, master code and all anyway since all the houses have the same set up. All the folks building these things know the code, carpenters, painters, electricians...everybody had the code and the gargage door opener for that area being built opens all gargage doors being built...and the houses that are finished, folks bought , moved into, and never changed the code like they were told umpteen times.
Street punk reaches into carpenter's truck while at Wendy's, gets an opener, he knows this carpenter is working on them new houses , and he just pushes the button to see whose all doors fly up, what folks have, and waits for them to leave.
Sorry, but folks spent $$$$ on guns and gear, and never spend 10 minutes thinking "I wonder how a thief looks at my place to break in?".
Folks can quote gun mfg catalogs, and have no idea how to remember a keypad code, so they are "gonna be different" and ...use 1234 because they live on 1234 Somestreet. Brilliant, BGs before they are concieved know this. At 8 months in the womb they also know to punch in the year you graduated, year wife graduated, birthyear of any family members. This are SO easy to get.
One Keypad I have access to are the 6 digits, of the heart valve a grandparent had installed. Oh, "drop the threes and fives are sevens". See? I grew up with Security stuff, this ain't rocket science.
Leave the keypad on the exterior of house.
Never- ever- remove rope from "emergency" pull cord from inside garage.
Inanimate objects cannot do a darn thing without a user, and we are always educating ourselves and new folks :
- It is the Intent of User of Something - not the "something".
Ripping that keypad off is like "get rid of all guns, for the sake of the children" IMO.
There is a LOT more to Responsible Firearm Ownership than firearms. This opportunity is where WE, act responsible.
Time to have a sit down, Adult to kids. One has to get to the lowest level of the youngest kid.
"You would not want me to tell folks the combo of your toy safe"
"I repect your privacy, I do not want to know where the key to your diary is"
"Put the spare key to your diary in an envelope, I will assist you putting candle wax on the seams so you know it is always sealed. We can keep spare key in the safe here in the house"
Ditto for a kids password(s) for computer use.
Kids understand things at their respective levels. Trust has to be earned by the kids, they check the envelope, the seal is not broken, so these adults are keeping their word.
The house is like the kids toy safe, that diary, passwords to computer, etc.
Now once the keypad master code is changed ( either that unit, or a new one) , inform the kids, this new set up records who punched in a code.
They have a special code just for them, and earning the trust of adults, is just like earning trust of the toy safe, diary or computer; these were not gotten into and abused.
Too many years dealing with this stuff, when an employee the left business, that employee's code was removed, and master code changed. Employees understood I did it NOT because I did not trust them, instead to protect them from any mishap, and the insurance companies/ LEO investigators requiring them be questioned. IF you move two states away , that can be expensive to come in for questions, polygraph, and whatever.
Kids understand this, they really really do. Heck I had one key pad for the kids of employees to use. Treats, kids learned by being trusted, and funny was the kids "sneaking in" treats to refill themselves.
Heck, get a inexpensive container and inexpensive combination lock. Set this into garage . Let the kids put stuff in it, the kids have the combo. Now, they are responsible for Policing each other about that box.
Someone forgets to lock it, someone abuses this priviledge, let the kids take the responsiblity to handle the guilty party.
Tossing the container and lock, will not "parent" and allow the kids to learn responsibilty.
Just my thoughts...
