This echoes what happened in 2004 with Kryptonite locks and Bic pens. Someone figured out that you could open a Kryptonite lock using a Bic pen, which has roug

This echoes what happened in 2004 with Kryptonite locks and Bic pens. Someone figured out that you could open a Kryptonite lock using a Bic pen, which has roughly the same shape as a tubular lock key. You did not need to use the actual key or pick the lock. There was a rash of bike thefts afterwards. TikTok is a convenient scapegoat, but I think the problem would exist without TikTok, because it so closely echoes a similar situation from 2004. To be honest, I think that the manufacturer should bear the blame in both scenarios—it’s their responsibility to make sure that the products can withstand, for at least a few minutes, an unskilled thief with inconspicuous, unpowered, commonly available tools (like, a thief with no lock picks or angle grinders). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5efaWSWwlk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5efaWSWwlk