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I personally feel that his channel over represents the risk to picking. Not intentionally, just simply as a byproduct of watching locks getting picked quickly b
by whartung 5y ago
I personally feel that his channel over represents the risk to picking. Not intentionally, just simply as a byproduct of watching locks getting picked quickly by an expert in laboratory conditions.
A most recent example was a contractor working on my house had his van compromised and his tools stolen. No lock picking here, the thief punched a hole in the door, just below the lock with, probably, a large screwdriver, and he was in within seconds.
However, as a counterpoint, it should be noted that while everywhere else I saw a soda machine they had those typical, ubiquitous cylinder key locks, the machines in the engineering building in college were all Abloy. So, you know, there's that anecdata.
Not that it helped much, turned out if you put money in the machine, held down the soda selection, and power cycled the machine, it would happily dispense a fresh soda. Rinse repeat, Pepsis for everyone!
- halfmatthalfcat 5y agoLPL does more than just picking including destructive attacks to the lock shackle, body, etc. He’s also reviewed bags and such where he simply cuts through to show ineffectiveness.
- rootusrootus 5y agoThat reminds me of the time, way back when I was a teenager and hung out with the wrong crowd, I learned (and saw demonstrated!) that soda vending machines of the time were trivial to steal from. It probably did a fair amount of damage. Take a soda bottle filled with salt water, blast it into the coin slot, start pushing the buttons and watch all the cans get dispensed. Not necessary to muck about with the lock.