Lockmakers don't generally claim that their locks are completely resistant to bad actors, but good lockmakers will sometimes claim they are resistant to specifi

Lockmakers don't generally claim that their locks are completely resistant to bad actors, but good lockmakers will sometimes claim they are resistant to specific kinds of attack. On the legal side, "almost effortless to break" is not the same as non-functioning. In many cases the legal purpose of a lock is to establish intent and culpability: you can't aimlessly wander into a locked room, even if it has the world's shittiest Master lock on it. You gotta break the lock to do that. It serves as a semiotic indicator that an area or item was supposed to be off-limits; as a member of society the onus is on you to respect that. Locks are likely a poor analogy for software engineering.