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He also talks about things he can't pick - here's a video on the Bowley where he almost immediately admits he can't pick it:

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

There are a couple of (old) videos on Medeco locks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmyC7KM5Qxk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fh6IHCr7uo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avwt39uHDOQ

Related to the Disc Detainer (come for the tooling discussion, stay for the picking):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRO5wzAaT00

Others have picked the Bowley even though LPL can't but it is more time and work than anyone could reasonably be able to do in a real world application so if anything those efforts are a strong endorsement of the lock.

This guy makes it look pretty easy, and doesn't use advanced tools or anything, just a piece of metal bent to go around the obstacle like the key does (i.e. totally reasonable time and work): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS0FSzamUzc

Linked by ryzvonusef: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29367579

Fascinating!

Of course if anyone did it, it would be huxley.

It feels like Bowley underestimated strong vibration attacks like that and didn't invest enough in spool/serrated pins.

I suspect this is correctable, but I wonder if it would work as well mounted in a sturdy door since the vibration is not directly connecting with the pins.

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