Apocalyptic Valraven

leoriowithaknife

[ID: The video begins with a person showing the package for a padlock. Over the video is a TikTok comment which reads "master lock has a bounty on this mans head". The person making the video begins narrating: "You won't believe this lock's special feature. It's a Master Lock model 570 maximum pick resistant pad lock. It has 5 pins, including some security pins and, if you look carefully inside the key weight, you can actully see where they put the disappointment." The video ends with the person jamming a pick into the lock, which opens it instantly. end of ID]

partypuppynastja

As a lockpicking hobbyist: it really is like that.

I have many padlocks (and other, uh, lockable devices) to which I probably have the keys somewhere but it's frankly quicker to pick (or in some cases, technically bypass but what most people would still call picking) the lock than find the right key.

And usually yes, that quickly.

And those tiny padlocks, to go on luggage (or, uh, other things that need tiny locks)? No need even for lockpicks, a paperclip will suffice to open it in 0.1s

stavarosthearcane

Now I'm used to seeing this sort of thing as I frequent the lockpickinglawyer's youtube channel so I am familiar with how Masterlock's products consistently fail to resist even the most low skill picking. Which is why when I heard the brand "masterlock" and saw the person had a wave rake (a tool for low skill picking) I knew this wouldn't take long...

I was not expecting the visceral nature of this picking; the single thrust and twist, the casual toss, the verbal disdain, the sense like you just watched something be swiftly gutted.

It was an experience.

Those are some load-bearing, follow-inducing "uh"s, @partypuppynastja

arielluva

"OR WOMEN IN GENERAL"???? HELLO

sailatina3

Reblog to bully people who don't like female characters or women in general off the internet.

kayla-denker

We all clearly need to be bullying them more because they sure are everywhere

boringkate

Porn is so cool!

captain-price-returns

Interesting things happening on Reddit right now

How do you type "use my girlfriend for free art labor" and not just immediately get up, go outside, and look off into space for a few hours?

devantnuit-ladeluge

cryoverkiltmilk

The absolute contempt for these locks is palpable.

"Stick it in and wiggle it around until something happens" is also what most cis men think sex is.

devantnuit-ladeluge

cryoverkiltmilk

The absolute contempt for these locks is palpable.

devantnuit-ladeluge

cryoverkiltmilk

The absolute contempt for these locks is palpable.

martinsharmony

Dude

#do any locks ever made work at all

Well... it depends on what you mean by "work"

The purpose of a lock is to secure your belongings, and there's a trade off inherent to security- more secure=less accessible. The absolute most secure thing would be to seal your belongings in a solid block of steel-reinforced concrete, but it wouldn't be very accessible. The opposite, the most accessible thing, would of course be no lock, and not even a container.

The strict purpose of a lock is to make it harder for someone to just come and take your shit. Not make it impossible, just harder. Because a lot of thieves are going for the easy score, that can be done quickly. Delay them, make them decide it's not worth the effort, move on.

All of these locks will deter someone who is just walking by, jiggling locks to see what's not actually secured. But they won't hold up to the person who is prepared to do even just a little more. Master locks can famously be defeated by simply hitting them hard enough, so even jiggling with a rake as seen in the video is more work than is needed. The video is a demonstration that these locks don't do the basic job of "delay a would-be-thief long enough that they risk being caught/make the effort high enough that they draw attention to themselves."

And having seen enough lockpicking lawyer and covert instruments videos, I would say that, generally speaking, while some locks are better than others, a lot of the locks on the market these days are just mass produced, cheap security theater that will only keep out the most casual would-be-thieves.

In the theme of "a lock's purpose is to deter/delay/dissuade," I would say that locks that use circular keys are better than those with standard keys (they are slightly harder to pick), and multiple locks, of multiple types, is better than a single lock. But honestly, you might actually be best served, at least in the short term, by a stout bolt that takes a very specific shape of screwdriver. A lock can be smacked open, raked, or shimmed (fitting a rigid piece of metal or plastic into the lock to trip the shackle), but a large bolt must be unscrewed or cut, and you can tighten them enough that a person needs wrenches to undo them, which a casual thief is unlikely to be walking around with.

this heatwave fucking sucks how am I going to serve my liege like this

im never leaving this hellsite

i swear if this is the second stupid sword picture post i make that gets to 10k i'll just go kill someone

FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!

davinaclaires

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS 2002, dir. Peter Jackson