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I've always been conscious of fingerprints potentially showing up in the photos.

Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't after you.

The same thing goes about keys -- it's amazing how people willingly share photos of their keys (with full signature and all) in full view.

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As far as I can tell (from other comments I came across in the past), lock-picking is such an easy thing, that going through the effort of creating a key from a photo is just a technical exercise, not a needed strategy.

But I think you are likely talking about different keys than the ones that open physical doors ;)

Always wondered the same. More so, it baffles me that locksmiths use physical keys to copy new keys, propagating errors in the long run.

They have the machines to cut keys to code spec but don't bother using them?

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