"I stuck with commercial burglary, residential burglary carried a risk of getting hit with a home invasion charge which increases your sentence if convicted. It helps to hit the places that hire felons (fast food joints, video stores, etc.) because the cops are gonna waste a lot of time looking into the staff members who have a criminal history. The closer they’re looking at them, the better off I am."
I worked in security for 20 years and responded to more alarms than I can recall. People do steal electronics and lots of them. Encryption and passwords are easy to bypass with the right knowledge. Most crims aren't stupid. They're not the local crackhead or kid