I discovered the hard way that this is not a good idea. If the root passwords had been different for each machine, then horizon would have rejected the root password for zabbar causing me to discover which system I was really on. Prevention is only one way to deal with them. Nearly all homeowners therefore have insurance to cover the theft of contents, as well as locks on the doors. Some have burglar alarms as well.
Locks are only one aspect in the management of the risk of theft.
In addition to helping to deter entry, locks help to provide evidence to facilitate getting an insurance settlement, or to capture the culprit and achieve return of the goods. However, log files are kept and checked, means of disciplining system abusers are maintained, backup tapes are made, etc. as further means of reducing the consequences of tampering. The truth is that the coefficient of friction is lowered drastically once the surfaces involved begin to slide. That is, the kinetic coefficient of friction is lower than the static coefficient of friction. If the wheelslip protection overcompensated for impending slippage by lowering the braking force below even the skidding-friction force, then it is utterly at fault for an extended stopping distance, and the above mentioned report's conclusion is correct.