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I recently ordered new deadbolts for my house and I chose ones (kwikset 980) that were defeated quickly by LockPickingLawyer. His video actually caused Consumer
by mewse-hn 4y ago
I recently ordered new deadbolts for my house and I chose ones (kwikset 980) that were defeated quickly by LockPickingLawyer. His video actually caused Consumer Reports to pull a recommendation of that lock.
My reasoning was:
- Lockpickinglawyer basically gets into everything (I guess except the Abloy being discussed in these comments)
- These locks were affordable for ANSI grade 1
- These locks are user re-keyable (I was looking at schlage B60N - affordable and nice, but basically would have had to pay a locksmith to get keyed alike)
- Lockpickinglawyer's video showed me a much more complex mechanism, and picking process, than a standard pin tumbler lock
I think a lot of people take his videos and have the binary thought process "lock was defeated therefore the lock is crap", but if you watch enough of them there is a lot of nuance. He defeats high security locks that are nevertheless robust and tricky enough to trust on your front door.
- davio 4y agoAgreed - if people really want in, they'll use technology ranging from rock through a window to cordless angle grinders before they'll invest time in learning how to pick locks.
- mmcgaha 4y agoSo true. Most physical security is just an illusion. After watching gun safe opening videos, I have been thinking about emptying the gun safe and building a false wall to hide my guns.
- racnid 4y agoFor weapons storage, the secret is, like everything else, defense in depth and monitoring.
- walterbell 4y agoAny recommendations for monitoring?