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Anonymous wrote:Can I suggest a lockbox with a complex physical key?

How did your son hack your safe? Did he buy a physical reset key on the Internet? Put a sniffer on the keypad to catch your input?

Can your son mow lawns or walk dogs? If he can get his own money, let him spend it on crap.

You might fight fire with fire (unless it's too dangerous). If you can figure out his Fortnite and other game passwords or can call the companies to get his account money adding privileges suspended, you might be able to counterbalance his behaviors.

Op here. Thank you and will research these. He knows we know he's outsmarted us and he knows we know he knows he’s outsmarted us. It’s exhausting AF. We don’t know how he hacked the safe. We have asked and all he says is he watches videos on YouTube or else gets all smartass and says he “used a paper clip” or a “ballpoint pen,” which we know is BS. That’s his response for all of it. At one point the safe was totally disabled and dead.

Anonymous wrote:How long has he been without electronics today?

Anonymous wrote:PP who suggested sleeping with keys. Do you know anyone in law enforcement? Or can you go down in person to the local police station and explain what's going on, and seeing if they can have someone come out and talk to him? Some PDs might be willing in (I live in a sleepy town where they definitely would) and I imagine others have zero time for this.

What your son is doing is clearly against the law, and you or your other children could press charges. Not that you're going to (at this point), but it's worth understanding --and your son understanding-- what the consequences of his actions are.

Anonymous wrote:Can I suggest a lockbox with a complex physical key?

How did your son hack your safe? Did he buy a physical reset key on the Internet? Put a sniffer on the keypad to catch your input?

Can your son mow lawns or walk dogs? If he can get his own money, let him spend it on crap.

You might fight fire with fire (unless it's too dangerous). If you can figure out his Fortnite and other game passwords or can call the companies to get his account money adding privileges suspended, you might be able to counterbalance his behaviors.

Anonymous wrote:Do you have padlocks with keys? Wear the keys around your neck at night. Lock his stuff in the car and put the keys inside your pillowcase when you go to bed.

The Outward Bound program you might want to look into is Intercept. The Intercept instructors have more specific training than the standard OB programs. https://www.outwardbound.org/expeditions/intercept-expeditions/

Here's the local NAMI chapter assuming you're in DC. It might be helpful to talk to others who have been through it. Also, I would try calling the helpline. They were helpful to me with resources etc. when we were in a crisis with out son.
https://www.namidc.org/support-for-you/support-groups/

Anonymous wrote:You are saying that he hacked a bunch of things like computers and safes. If you mean that he guessed passwords, get a better system for your passwords. If you mean that he used code to break in without your passwords, then sign him up for a hack a thon or hacking camp.

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean by he has hacked them all, OP? Has he just figured out your password and PIN numbers, is he physically lock-picking them, is he rewriting code, etc?

You probably need to up the security you have on those items as it isn't enough. Get a safe that only opens to your fingerprints or something similar.

Anonymous wrote:He should be on meds continuously based on what you are describing