While attending the ICSE 2006 conference I stayed at the Tong Mao hotel. My room featured an impressive-looking safe: thick steel, two bolts, and a digital lock.
Here is a picture of the safe:
Despite its formidable appearance, the safe isn't bolted into
anything stable, and thus one can pick it up, put it in a bag,
and leave.
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