Pretty much any lock can be picked in just a minute or two. So this is no big deal. But what people often overlook is that 99% of thieves don’t bother with picking locks.

[youtube= [Jos Weyers] tipping us off about this lock impressioning video. It shows his final round of the lock impressioning championship at this year’s SSDev conference. Even though he shav… ...

VideoThis is the second of a four-part article about the security of mechanical locks and how they can be easily compromised, often in seconds, with simple to sophisticated tools that are readily ...

I had had my first exposure to real lock picking at one of these villages a month earlier, at the Maker Faire in New York City. When I arrived at the TOOOL tent there, Javadi, shaved-headed and ...

Linus Yale Sr. invented these locks in the 1800s; Yale brand locks still exist. To open a pin tumbler without a key, you can engage the pins with a metal pick and turn the lock with a tension wrench.

Total weight of the Shad lock is 1.32 pounds, which might also be a consideration for some people. It's available in your ...