My other hobby

[Josh66]

It doesn't take much money to see a difference in security on your locks. The typical Kwikset deadbolt that pretty much every apartment in the US uses (at a cost of $10-$20 at the hardware store) - I can pick literally as fast as I can open it with the key. For another $20 or so, you buy another couple minutes that someone would have to stand there at your front door looking suspicious. For another $50, they'll be standing there for 10 minutes before they give up. If you want a truly unpickable lock, plan on spending something in the neighborhood of $200. That might sound like a lot of money, but how much did you pay for your TV?

You have to look at the door jamb too - you don't want to put a high end lock on a door that some crackhead could just kick in... Then there's the windows... With every upgrade you make, something else becomes the weakest link. You don't want to be the easy target. If they come in through the window, at least make them leave through the same window so they can't take the big stuff.

I agree that very few criminals pick locks - or even know how to pick locks (and I really don't get that - you'd think it would be something they would want to learn...). But why make it easy for them by having a ****ty lock?

Usually, the criminals that do pick locks are pros - and they know what is inside before they ever open the door.


Even if you don't want to spend a lot of money - do yourself a favor and buy your deadbolts from an actual locksmith - they will take the extra time to make it harder to pick, they'll install it for you and make sure the door jamb is up to par. I would almost guarantee that if you have 'x' budget, you will get a better lock for that from a locksmith than you will from the hardware store.

You probably have a lot of nice stuff in your house, and I'm sure you lock the doors whenever you leave - why cheap out on the lock? It's cheap insurance.

It's not like it was 10 years ago when lock picking was relatively obscure - just do a search on YouTube - people know how to do this ****, lol.

 

[IByte]

What, like hacking stuff? I think you might be surprised (maybe not) that the locksport community is largely made up of IT professionals. People into internet/computer security who developed an interest in physical security. The two aren't so far removed...

Though it was a movie, Sneakers is by far the best computer movie to this day. The lady who said it was so sad, probably was crying when her bank account was empty.

I'm not really surprised by IT professionals learning physical lock picking. To them it's a model of what they do in the physical world.

 

[KmH]

LOL. You know, from what I have seen, we (in the US) almost always use the cheapest locks you can get, and for the most part they are insanely easy to pick.

QFT!

 

[Josh66]

LOL. You know, from what I have seen, we (in the US) almost always use the cheapest locks you can get, and for the most part they are insanely easy to pick.

QFT!

They call it 'security through obscurity'. It's secure because most people don't realize how insecure it is.

 

[Katemill]

Good work keep it up.

 

[tevo]

So if you happen to be in a rebellious mood and you happen to come across a D3 that you happen to not need, you should not PM me for a location that is not my shipping address.

 

[o hey tyler]

My lock picking skill in Skyrim is 100... Does that count?

 

[Josh66]

So if you happen to be in a rebellious mood and you happen to come across a D3 that you happen to not need, you should not PM me for a location that is not my shipping address.

Mark an 'X' on the street light when the dead-drop is loaded with the cash. Future transmissions should be enciphered using your one-time-pad. And I shouldn't have to tell you, but you're only supposed to use it once (it's like, in the name, even...).

 

[Josh66]

What, like hacking stuff? I think you might be surprised (maybe not) that the locksport community is largely made up of IT professionals. People into internet/computer security who developed an interest in physical security. The two aren't so far removed...

Though it was a movie, Sneakers is by far the best computer movie to this day. The lady who said it was so sad, probably was crying when her bank account was empty.

I'm not really surprised by IT professionals learning physical lock picking. To them it's a model of what they do in the physical world.

One of my favorite movies. Can you believe that people really do that **** - as their day-job? I mean, I guess it's pretty obvious ... I just think it would be cool as hell to get paid to do that kind of ****...

 

[Josh66]

To be serious for a minute, we really do use some ****ty locks in the US... I mean, Master Lock is by far the most popular lock, and it is by far one of the easiest to pick. Stop a bullet? Yes. Stop a paper-clip? No.

They are "tough under fire", but that's about all they're tough under.


But, sleep soundly, guys - for some reason that remains unknown to me, criminals don't seem to know how to pick locks. I'm sure they'll wise up one day though - everybody else knows how to do it...

Seriously though, they just smash **** - if that doesn't work, they move to the next one and try to smash that... One day there will be a smart criminal, and then most of America will be ****ed.