I think the hook on the end of it prevents sliding to the right, the lock being where it is prevents rotating the handle away from the door which would allow it to slide.

Or the lock is keeping a flat piece from rotating out of the way.

But I'm really guessing.

Edit - I'm pretty sure the rod is intended to rotate since there's a curved notch in the plate just above the padlock

Latch needs to rotate to slide out

Nothing preventing the Phillips screws from being unscrewed

bet their Chinese Spy Meme is gonna be hilarious in 2 weeks

I don't think this latch was designed to be a security device in the first place. Seems like a simple gate latch that's only meant to hold the door closed, and somebody has attempted to secure it when it was never designed to be secured.

(Yes, security screws might help... But only slightly. That just means the intruder needs to find a more obscure screwdriver.)

if you drop like 1% of the numbers for some reason or another, then you dropped millions and millions of obvious choices, while sacrificing virtual no security.

Let's start with "at least 3 digits".