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Picking a laser cut key isn't trivial. Even picking a standard house lock isn't trivial, especially not in the dark. They don't clone the key, they use an ante

Picking a laser cut key isn't trivial. Even picking a standard house lock isn't trivial, especially not in the dark. They don't clone the key, they use an antenna to amplify the signal from your key fob and then drive off. In principle you can do this by following someone, but much safer to do this at 2am at night. Similar to a one time password, the signal is only valid for a short period of time.

sleepybrett 3y ago
Darkness doesn't have anything to do with anything. Once you get the tensioner and pick into the keyway you aren't using your eyes anymore, at that point it's all feel.
- oxfordmale 3y ago
  If you are that good a lock pick, you are better off as a locksmith. In real life the people send out to steal the car aren't the most talented and brightest, otherwise they would be running the operation safely from an office somewhere.
  - sleepybrett 3y ago
    I spent maybe 2 hours with my first set of picks to unlock my first shitty masterlock padlock. An hour later I was through my front door deadbolt. It's not a hard skill to learn, especially when it comes to typical american door locks (pin tumbler). But this is all non-destructive. I used to keep a set of picks in my desk specifically to open up people personal rolling underdesk drawers/file cabinets, when they lost or forgot their keys. My understanding that your average ignition is a little more complicated (or at least different .. wafer locks) circa 70s-90s and then they started adding radios and other things into the mix. I dunno, I've never tried to pick one of these. Destructively bypassing your average old-school ignition is still something you can do blindly with a bent flathead screwdriver and some elbow grease in about 15 seconds flat. As is destructively bypassing any given door lock.. well not bypassing the lockper se, but instead the bolt/doorframe generally.
mdorazio 3y ago
Bypassing the door locks is not as difficult as you think with the proper tools. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLy65ASXuEQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLy65ASXuEQ Standard house locks don't require picking at all - you can bump them in a few seconds in any light conditions.
- MostlyStable 3y ago
  The fact that the LPL does it, with or without a special tool, doesn't really say much about how easy it is. He is an _extremely_ skilled lockpicker, and the vast majority of thieves, even those with some lockpicking skills/experience, are not going to be able to do what he does, as fast as he does it. I have no idea how hard it is to do with that tool. I myself have as close to zero lockpicking skills as it's possible to have while still having picked a lock (I messed with a friends clear practice lock one time). But just seeing the LPL do it gives almost no indication of how hard it is to replicate what he is doing.

sleepybrett 3y ago

Darkness doesn't have anything to do with anything. Once you get the tensioner and pick into the keyway you aren't using your eyes anymore, at that point it's all feel.

oxfordmale 3y ago
If you are that good a lock pick, you are better off as a locksmith. In real life the people send out to steal the car aren't the most talented and brightest, otherwise they would be running the operation safely from an office somewhere.
- sleepybrett 3y ago
  I spent maybe 2 hours with my first set of picks to unlock my first shitty masterlock padlock. An hour later I was through my front door deadbolt. It's not a hard skill to learn, especially when it comes to typical american door locks (pin tumbler). But this is all non-destructive. I used to keep a set of picks in my desk specifically to open up people personal rolling underdesk drawers/file cabinets, when they lost or forgot their keys. My understanding that your average ignition is a little more complicated (or at least different .. wafer locks) circa 70s-90s and then they started adding radios and other things into the mix. I dunno, I've never tried to pick one of these. Destructively bypassing your average old-school ignition is still something you can do blindly with a bent flathead screwdriver and some elbow grease in about 15 seconds flat. As is destructively bypassing any given door lock.. well not bypassing the lockper se, but instead the bolt/doorframe generally.

mdorazio 3y ago

Bypassing the door locks is not as difficult as you think with the proper tools. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLy65ASXuEQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLy65ASXuEQ Standard house locks don't require picking at all - you can bump them in a few seconds in any light conditions.

MostlyStable 3y ago
The fact that the LPL does it, with or without a special tool, doesn't really say much about how easy it is. He is an _extremely_ skilled lockpicker, and the vast majority of thieves, even those with some lockpicking skills/experience, are not going to be able to do what he does, as fast as he does it. I have no idea how hard it is to do with that tool. I myself have as close to zero lockpicking skills as it's possible to have while still having picked a lock (I messed with a friends clear practice lock one time). But just seeing the LPL do it gives almost no indication of how hard it is to replicate what he is doing.