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I was going to say, he has proven time and time again that anything with a keyway can be picked quickly and discretely by anyone with a little knowledge (and the sometimes the right tools). Really amazing watching him work but it freaks out my wife when she watches his videos.

I have one of the crap locks from Amazon he featured on my storage locker. One night someone tried to break in but spent so much time trying to take the door off the hinges that they had to run away empty handed. Bet they would be kicking themselves if they knew the lock could be jiggled open in under two seconds!

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You should see his unpickable lock video [1] where he goes over all the approaches he tried to pick said unpickable lock. Super interesting stuff.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV8QKZNFxLw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecy1FBdCRbQ This too.

he has proven time and time again that anything with a keyway can be picked quickly and discretely by anyone with a little knowledge (and the sometimes the right tools)

While it is fascinating to watch LPL make short work of almost every lock, I think it is safe to say that his lock picking ability is on a whole other level compared to even a competent burglar. If LPL spends more than 30 seconds with a lock, it's probably going to be fine.

If you only watch these videos you might walk away with the impression that it is that simple for him - just walk up to the lock, pick it in 30 seconds and bingo - but in one of his earlier videos he pointed out that before recording a video he practices opening that particular lock until he can do it reliably.

Depends on the lock. He has several videos that go from unboxing to picked in a few minutes without break.

True, but only for lock designs he's already familiar with.

Sure, but 90% of the locks people use are the same few locks. Any padlock or door lock you can get at a hardware store is one that a good lock picker has experience with.

Your point is valid for certain high-security situations, though.

I’d say even beyond that. Bosnianbill, another incredibly talented lock pick said that LPL is by far the most talented lock pick he has ever met. Given that less than 2% of all burglaries utilize lock picking or shimming a door or window, it is a virtually nonexistent risk as soon as you step up your lock above the basics. Unless you are directly targeted, no one is going to pick their way in to your things.

Everybody who has watched one of the many interesting Bosnianbill videos (with the cool intros ;)) might be surprised to learn that Bosnianbills video channel retires.

If you have watched one of his videos and learned something give him a nice comment and a thumb up on a video you liked, as LPL suggests [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ASQQboFg98

> Unless you are directly targeted, no one is going to pick their way in to your things.

Beyond that, unless the adversary has something significant to gain by picking (e.g. no visible evidence entry was made, stealth, etc.). Otherwise it's time to pull out the FDNY forcible entry guide and go to work.

http://www.vententersearch.com/supplemental/fdny_fe.pdf

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