[1142] No Tools Needed: Decoding The Master Lock 878 Combination Lock

[@robnorris4770]

Master lock product development team meeting minutes: “What should we do to improve our products? Let’s change the paint color.”

[@thedestroyer5265]

That one employee: Why don't we just say it's pickproof when we do nothing to the lock! The CEO: Great idea, your now promoted to manager.

[@TerryLawrence001]

AND the model number just to be safe!

[@scootergeorge9576]

@Don Mega - I call it Master Schlock.

[@iang0th]

To be fair, that pukey beige they picked before was pretty awful.

[@MMTrigger]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@midimusicforever]

A master key opens many locks. A Master lock is opened by many keys, paperclips, soda cans...

[@swagbrew]

and bare hands

[@alfredkugler3043]

Pointed looks?

[@ashamansedai]

Best comment

[@Raterex]

Eye power?

[@fensoxx]

Says Confucius

[@antleredvixen]

The fact that you number all of your videos to be able to easily reference them makes you a top tier KZbinr

[@mdu02]

Jeremy Fielding is the only other person I'm subscribed to who does this

[@MisterGames]

I bet he also has a list Inna spreadsheet or other document for quick searchability

[@robertdean7778]

Michael Du Bosnian Bill does it as well.

[@saschaschneider6355]

@@robertdean7778 a lot of lock pickers do that. See HelpfulLockPicker, Lock Noob and others. I hadn't seen it before but it totally makes sense

[@TephulioTX]

RIGHT?! /thumbsup

[@dstarr3]

"A Master Lock video that's over 3 minutes? They're getting better!" *spends first two minutes just preparing the lock* "Nevermind"

[@migmit]

LPL: the old combination of all zeroes no longer works... MasterLock: YES!!!!

[@appse369]

😂😂😂

[@lairdcummings9092]

Decoded. Fast. Using the old exploit. Master Lock never learns.

[@coladict]

If people keep buying them, they don't need to learn.

[@lairdcummings9092]

@@coladict fair point.

[@JasonW.]

If people keep buying them, like they have for decades, they already learned all that matters. Poo sells, just advertise it as fertilizer.

[@fju1107]

Master lock doesn’t care.

[@mc-sp8zr]

Not only is it easy, but it is also easy to figure out. I had 2 small ones like this that I forgot the combination to, and the idea popped into my head to try this as a last resort before throwing them out. I was surprised that was a real thing and actually worked, but now that I know, I'm not sure I want to use them to lock anything up anymore. Currently my 4-year-old plays with them.

[@jsprdn]

Recently my friend and I were out walking after a few beers and I saw a construction site porta potty I really wanted to use, but it was locked with one of these. Recalling this technique from the first video I tried it and it worked perfectly! Boy was I relieved, literally. True story.

[@sealpiercing8476]

The level of security was appropriate to the application.

[@karelpgbr]

Hahaha, so true, I had a scammer lock my bike to a bridge, using a chain and this Masterlock, well, he thought he good get a deal off, he didn’t and he lost his chain and lock.

[@SamuelAko]

@@karelpgbr Haha, so epic!

[@Bas_Lightyear]

Prove it! Take a poop in front of us

[@DoubsGaming]

who locks a porta-potty!? who does that

[@SuperZebezian]

Plot twist: Walter is a disgruntled Master Lock employee. He knew the same exploit would work.

[@mercoid]

SuperZebezian ...He is significantly less gruntled now.

[@SuperZebezian]

@@mercoid One's gruntled-ness is an important consideration.

[@ingvarhallstrom2306]

Whoever it is, he knew Masterlock was bullshitting. So, good work!

[@13vatra]

I bet Walter wasn't pulling on the shackle hard enough. Even LPL had a brief issue with that.

[@ke6gwf]

I have played unlocking these in Home Depot, and some you have to pull much harder than others.

[@hop-skip-ouch8798]

Funny you say that considering we've already established in a previous video that LPL has superhuman strength.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Masterlocks" truly are quite the opposite of what they claim

[@willjohnsonjohnson]

If a master key can open all locks then a master lock must be opened with all keys.

[@alexiokilbasa3891]

Iimrhyperpenguinii and paperclips, soda cans, a toothbrush, the ground, chocolate milk, an apple...

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

They are masters at turning crap into money.

[@patrickthestan]

*title* Master lock *video * Less than 5 minutes 😭

[@amphiumaiii7058]

Over 4 minutes would actually be pretty good for a LPL video.

[@dyingearth]

More than 2/3 of the video is just explanation and resetting combination.

[@silber_grau]

Thank you Walter!

[@russellriedel1655]

Im surprised you watch vsauce and gmm me too

[@ejej6934]

I'm kind of new to LPL, so I watched some of his videos from 4 or 5 years ago and boy, has he ever dialed in the production values and how concise he is in his presentation. Great content delivered efficiently, with none of the padding so many youtubers seem to think is necessary. Awesome channel.

[@westcoaststacker569]

It is nice not having to skip a 2min intro.

[@giin97]

@@westcoaststacker569 nor is there hardly even an opportunity to pause during the intro; he ends the video mere seconds after the content ends.

[@jdowdone]

The others 45 second (or longer) intro's get very old. Put your best stuff out there and sink or swim.

[@choreomaniac]

Yes no “comment like and subscribe” and anecdotes about his day. No fluff.

[@spritely2158]

I rented an airbnb that had a grill that I paid $30 to have access to and was never sent the lock code to open it. We were planning to grill then I was pleased to notice it was a masterlock. Watched this video and had it open in under 5 minutes with no experience. Thank you LPL for providing my family with delicious hamburgers.

[@DamplyDoo]

WALTER WE LOVE YOU MAN

[@Tom-vj2qg]

I just watched some of his old videos and for some reason he sounds so much happier now. It's also amazing how far this channel has come in every aspect

[@JasonW.]

Before, he was a lawyering lock picker. Now he's a lock picking lawyer.

[@volkerhorak5924]

Why of course he's come far, ain't no locked doors standing in the way at least...

[@Tom-vj2qg]

Volker Horak too true lol

[@stephen3293]

Noticed that too. He sounded kind of down in his first couple of hundred videos

[@gadfly1974]

I'd sound happier too with the royalties the channel is now producing. No hard feelings. LPL deserves every penny and I'm happy for him.

[@westcoaststacker569]

I've opened lots of these using this method. They are used often here on roof ladders, time clocks and construction gates. I text a client asking for combo, I opened the lock, before she replied to cut it off, so I sent her the combo. Definitely not a lock you want to use for anything of value.

[@spikespa5208]

Got one of these some years back. After seeing this and the other video, what I have now is a quite ugly paperweight.

[@westcoaststacker569]

@@spikespa5208 Since then, Home Depot decided to use this model for all their locked cages at the local stores. When I cannot find an employee it had been easier to open them myself. Today though I noticed their using some merchandise tags on the lighting dimmer cage.

[@Hansengineering]

Walter is my dog, and while he's extremely lovey, I wouldn't take his advice on padlocks.

[@JC-11111]

He wasn't giving advice. He just thought they fixed the exploit. That's quite a huge difference. I honestly can't understand how you and 19 other people don't get that.

[@person1860]

@@JC-11111 21

[@sashkastepashka]

Great job comparing a nice guy who sent a lock to LPL and your dog. Keep it up, you idiot!

[@Hansengineering]

@@sashkastepashka Thanks!

[@KL_Stereo]

@@sashkastepashka Great job understanding a nice joke.

[@marginalized945]

I'm not going to get into details but I can say this technique on decoding these locks quite literally saved my life. Thank you LPL.

[@Bionicbrain1]

OMG i just used this technique to open a lock to help a kid with a learning disability who was about to have a meltdown. You are the bestus!

[@twjohnson1203]

Let's see 631 and this is 1142... took Master lock 511 videos to correct the--oh, never mind.

[@JJS432]

This is the trick I used to do in high school with dial locks lol. Works every time.

[@makarovlocust8580]

Was using this video to help me figure out hot to get through a one guard 6’ coil lock and it still helped me start figuring it out. Thanks dude

[@davidcovington901]

At 1:03 you could hear the rattliness of the wheels. A confident feeling then. LPL could pick many locks in total darkness, that will be a fun video series.

[@3DCGdesign]

My kids have a 4 digit bike lock but we lost the combo for it. I just opened it in a few seconds with your method here, thank you! But of course now I realize that bike lock is a joke. So, happy/sad moment.

[@williamdiaz8599]

I opened one of these locks today on a locker at work... I got so scared but so thrilled. I didn't steal anything or even look in the locker but the power I felt...

[@RGInquisitor]

In reality Masterlock is the best kind of lock. It stops intrusions by being a deterrent. Any experienced thief that sees someone using a Masterlock immediately believes that the owners probably don't have anything worthwhile if it is secured with these locks.

[@Raterex]

Steal the lock and sell it as insurance :)

[@natebit7167]

Wrong. The thief will assume that someone using a master lock is a cluesless average person who assumes a name brand lock will protect their belongings. I understand your point of view but this isn’t really an accurate takeaway

[@RGInquisitor]

@@natebit7167 Well ackshully you're wrong cuz the thief will think that the person thinks the thief thinks that, so he will know that there is nothing worth stealing!

[@natebit7167]

PJ CB rip sorry for coming across as an ass 🤣 just woke up and wasn’t feeling it

[@RGInquisitor]

@@natebit7167 understandable. Have nice day!

[@markmiller2661]

Thank you LPL. My GF set a combination lock by mistake on a cupboard. I used your technique and cracked it in a minute!

[@Jeremydoingstuff]

This video saved me a quick $30! I bought a Master lock and after setting the new combination, for some reason it took a completely different one instead (I'm guessing the gates were not fully clicked in on my new combo). Watching this, I was able to crack the new random code and was able to reset it to something I knew. Thanks! :)

[@frankbiz]

This takes me back to video 845 when the LPL opens 8 Master Locks, each one between 1-5 seconds. Master Lock continues to manufacture knowing these flaws is shameful.

[@ThaFuzzwood]

They'll make them as long as ppl buy them.

[@Hi-yg8gg]

Lock Picking Lawyer. Thank you for Ur videos. Ur voice is so soothing that somehow I always fall asleep after watching like1min. So thanks. I use it when I cant sleep

[@generaldisarray]

I love the way the LPL numbers all his videos. It's so easy to find the what order they are in, I wish every KZbinr did this, or that KZbin implemented as standard. I mean it wouldn't be that hard for KZbin to just hard-code a prefix into the naming convention that would start at 1 for a channel and increment for each video that channel uploaded...

[@Subauran]

LPL: "[It's] a Masterlock..." Me: "oh no, It's a Masterlock"

[@hiimcrazyfordrwho]

I work somewhere where we only stock Masterlock. Besides telling customers to go away, are there any Masterlocks that are surprisingly better than the rest?

[@JimWhitaker]

Almost all of them seem better than Masterlock. :-(

[@syd.a.m]

The only locks that Masterlock does right are LOTO locks, but they're definitely not for securing anything.

[@Thecrazyvaclav]

Abus,squire,Yale,

[@robnorris4770]

I hope your place of work uses a different brand of lock to secure the doors.

[@hiimcrazyfordrwho]

@@robnorris4770 We have doors with built-in locks. We only use Masterlock on the garden center and that's because you can just push aside a side panel and walk in.

[@sudipd8764]

I had been finding these videos highly entertaining, until I realised the lock I have just bought for my garden gate. Yep Masterlock Combination. Fair enough I needed another paperweight in the study anyway.

[@chrisandsammyable]

I started watching you a week ago and I am hooked! I already got your beginner set on the website and picked my first lock. Thanks for the vids

[@b-dog3862]

Me, picking the lock on the thermostat cover at work: Ooohhh...nice click on one, only two more to go... Co-worker reaches through the huge vent on the side and pushes the buttons with an Allen wrench.

[@danz107]

I was goofing around at work this morning, and used this exact technique to easily and quickly decode a master lock in the office here. First time I've ever even tried, and it was so easy I can't believe it's considered security.

[@SamuraiAkechi]

I remember when I was hanging around my neighborhood when I was a kid, and spotted a shop door with a combination lock on it. I decided to play a little with the number wheels, and suddenly opened it. I haven't got inside, but this was kinda shocking to me how easy it was to open a door with a lock like this, even though I didn't wanted to do anything serious about it.

[@Zlx1]

I remember opening an electric door lock with those number-pads on apartments by only touching it, a static shock zapped the keypad from my finger and the lock lit up green and i successfully opened it. 20+ years later and i still don't trust those locks xD

[@thorhilda]

Several decades ago, when I was a kid, I used to open lockers at school that had those padlocks, scramble the content of the locker ―everything that was on the left put it on the right side; and everything on the right on the left― so the owner would know someone open it, then close it back.

[@powerhousejp]

Was on a job site today, entrance was chained and locked with one of these. Of course the combination we were given was wrong, but I remembered this video (and the older one), so I gave decoding a shot while the foreman was calling in to see if anyone knew the correct code. Even my clumsy fingers got it decoded before the foreman got his answer. Thanks, LPL! 👍

[@AlexReiterProductions]

"I now have a lock to which I do not know the combination" is a problem for most people

[@javidproductions9353]

Well done Walter, just well done.

[@artiefischel2579]

That's the technique we used on cheap combination bicycle locks as kids 50 years ago!

[@SovietReunionYT]

Some months ago I got a dirt cheap combination lock from China. Not for any high security purposes mind you. Anyway, literally on the second time I tried to change the combination, it got stuck in the open position. After a lot of fiddling, it went down into the locked state, but the combination wheels scrambled a bit and it no longer opened with any combination I had tried to set or had previously set. Before throwing it out I tried googling how to open a combination lock without the combination. Immediately I ran into this method. Sure enough, within a few minutes I had it open. I wonder if the video I watched back then was from LPL, and that's why KZbin started recommending me his content recently. P. S. Don't take this as me bashing Chinese goods, I order a lot of silly cheap stuff from there and most of it is good quality.

[@altercaze]

When I see the title, I was expecting the lock to open with LPL just staring at it. What a let down...

[@walkertang]

imagine picking so many locks and humiliating so many lock companies that the locks would open just by you staring at it.

[@altercaze]

@@walkertang Exactly!

[@Jedi2016]

It's a Master lock, after all, you'd think they'd learn by now to not try to put up a fight.

[@reeskennedy7024]

OPEN SESAMEE

[@walkertang]

Even when he dies, He'll be known as the legend who every lock company feared

[@rediscoveringamerica3003]

Great video! I have access to a Master 175 lock. It has a really tight clearance between the wheels and slot opening. I had to modify (grind thinner) my notched decoder only to find an obstruction blocking it from getting behind the wheels, so no luck. I found this video and tried it. Second try and viola, open sesame! Thanks for the tips!

[@NFS4LFE]

The fact that Masterlock is still in business after over 1,000 videos of proving their locks are less secure than interlocked fingers is the 9th wonder of the world.

[@AcornElectron]

3 minute video, half is description, half is saying goodbye..... didn’t leave a lot of time for picking.... didn’t need it

[@maneater901]

I had a pencil box with a “lock” more secure than this

[@CB-xr1eg]

A pencil box...with a lock on...ok.

[@maneater901]

C B ya but it wasnt good quality justt like a dial

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@maneater901 Just can't see why you'd need a lock on a pencil box.

[@PPSadlon]

Imagine if LPL accidentally randomized one of these combo locks to all zeros. Waiting until he finds a lock he can open with a standard ice pick.

[@Sabagegah]

I saw a freezer “secured” by a three-digit combination lock. I could easily try two combinations per second, and at 1000 possible combinations it would take a maximum of 500 seconds (8 minutes and 20 seconds) to brute-force. Assuming a uniform distribution of actual lock combinations, it would take an average of 4 minutes and 10 seconds to bypass these. Adding just one more number would make these more secure against this brute force-style attack, raising the expected average time to 41 minutes and 40 seconds.

[@paologalano1228]

Brilliant simple video ! Worked for me in minutes! Best lock pick out there !

[@robjones8003]

Hmmm, what do you know...Master lock inadvertently made a combination lock a blind person can open easily.

[@trickyrat483]

Took him over one minute. Lock is a MASTERpiece. :)

[@abhijitpamarty9195]

I use this lock in my dorm, time to change it I guess. Thanks LPL!

[@dashingdave2665]

Keep it on there, just get something else too. Sometimes u gotta think laterally!

[@MassaCreto]

All locks seem inadequate when viewing these videos... lol... good one... Thanks for the video...

[@Superintendent_ChaImers]

This man is why I do not have a lock on my home. I simply weld my doors shut every night when I go home, cut them open and re'weld them for the next day.

[@small2cats482]

Reading the video title I thought LPL had finally ascended to a point where locks simply fell open in his presence without him even touching them.

[@numbah_6]

When are you gonna trigger the alarm from video 1130?

[@BlackNAVYAmericanVET]

I love watching your videos….. your a pro !

[@seanhenderson552]

Just used this video to save a lock I have, but know I know my lock is crap lol. Thanks man

[@lightdark00]

The older versions of those two are actually harder because they are corroded!

[@navret1707]

After watching several videos of the LPL picking Master Locks I’ve come to the conclusion that Master Lock products are complete junk. ML was my default go to lock for years. No more. Thank you LPL 👍

[@bishop2985]

It’s either a blessing knowing you can pick into your house if needed. Our the worst feeling knowing everything is not as secure as it could

[@Terminator4000]

Thanks LpL i managed to crack my 875 some prick changed the pin and scrambled the digits.

[@siegekeebs]

Interestingly though, while it does not require any special tools to open, it does actually take longer than you usually take to pick a lock open to get through these.

[@erichoffer1589]

I use this exploit at work all the time. It's amazing how many companies are using these to lock up sensitive areas of their properties.

[@Robyamdam]

next time i find a master lock you damn sure know what I'm gonna do

[@sharedknowledge6640]

If it’s from Master it almost always means a 5 year old could defeat it by watching one KZbin video. Its amazing their junk locks are so pervasive.

[@scotts918]

A lock company would save so much money just anonymously sending locks here, then watching the videos, updating, and sending back.

[@IvanThx]

The guy that sent probably didn’t pull hard enough on it. I had one of these locks lying around and tried it and failed until I used leverage to pull on the shackle part and it was easier to do.

[@JonSmithchannel]

After watching your channel I feel many locks are designed to give the illusion of security and their real purpose is to relieve me of my money.

[@TheEmmanuelalco]

Thanks to you i have being able to open 2 locks to get access to the roof i needed to work on as a rope access worker in paris, you can't imagine the face off my boss when he ear the click 😂.

[@soundman460]

Thanks for the advice. Had to open an old lock I forgot the code to

[@wzukr]

LPL as usual @ 1:30: " ok, now I have a lock to which I do not know the combination" "... for the next 10 sec. max. LOL".

[@puirYorick]

I guess I was "decoding" my older sister's bike chain lock all those years ago when she wouldn't let me ride her ten-speed. It seemed so obvious how to bypass that I couldn't understand why they sold all those combo- style locks at all.

[@duke9173]

In Walters defense you have to have more tension on the shackle than you’d think. Some even take more than others. Thanks Walter for the conformation that Master Lock is still getting it wrong.

[@vadimd734]

This blew my freakin mind!

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

Harry, there looks to be an insert on the top of the lock between the shackle holes at 1:07 . That's not plastic, is it?

[@KeylessEntry]

Gary Rumain It's cushioning for your fingers while you pull the shackle, Master thinks of our safety😁

[@lockpickinglawyer]

Yes, it’s rubber but there’s metal under it. I think it’s just to cut down on rattling.

[@TheSignatureK]

LPL's name is Harry? YLSNED

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

@@lockpickinglawyer OK, thanks.

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

@@TheSignatureK And you forget something old. :)

[@BukuiZhao]

You actually don't need to move the shackle back to one after changing the code, you can just pull it up directly at two. That's on a magnum series I tried.

[@ChrisCarter242]

*Video starts, Masterlock appears* Quick glance at the runtime. "3:21? Is he going hands free now?"

[@AB_borges]

Dang Walter, cmon

[@psychedalek]

Poor Walter. Don't be like Walter.

[@CalvinHikes]

One possible advertisement idea for master lock is "Walter can't open this."

[@MrTTDARK]

Good afternoon

[@themclord6443]

You’re first

[@Madlintelf]

Thanks Walter!

[@appse369]

Never tell LPL that it's improved. He will prove otherwise. I hope masterlock sees this and learns to test their locks before releasing it to public. Indeed the video shows that they never learn anything apart from changing the paint color. Oh no! The black color master iz alzo pickzed eazily byz zee LPL! All hail LPL!!😁

[@erikwaterson361]

Master Lock: exists LPL: You fool.

[@mittensfastpaw]

Man poor Walter! He spent money and had hope. Poor guy. :(

[@JesusLove3573]

A man with severe OCD and a phobia of germs attempted to commit suicide with a gun to his head. Instead of killing him, the bullet eliminated his mental illness without any other damage.

[@rayikaikin]

I unlocked an 875 for my boss who was setting the lock got a call and forgot the code lol! While i thought it was awesome being able to help him i think it's very sad a lock that ppl depend on to protect their property can be easily decoded by anyone that watches youtube. I have 0 lockpicking experience other than that

[@marshallfischer3667]

For the life of me I do not understand why lock companies don't hire you to help them design better locks🧐

[@robertlozyniak3661]

Because to do so would essentially be an admission that their current locks are not fit for purpose?

[@jrd33]

Because a lock company's purpose isn't to design better locks. It is to make money. Easiest way to do that is to sell cheap products with high markup using advertising or restrictive practices ("we only sell Masterlocks") to gain market share. Sadly.

[@sudiptomondal5349]

You should make videos about the locks that you think are actually secure and hard to break into.

[@Tyler-fo6yf]

Thanks Walter

[@ftswarbill]

Masterlock just declared Fatwa against the LockPickingLawyer.

[@koreanaccord177]

"Locks are made for thieves." - May be a real quote, but my dad said it a lot.

[@wayannurlangga4439]

when LPL review another masterlock, it's like seeing the future.

[@Lion_Hamza]

When a human is real good in something it looks like magic!

[@vincemarshall9520]

Holy Sh*t! This is my first video and I have this kind of lock on an important outbuilding! Time to change ASAP! Thank you!

[@mewhenim2340]

Can’t wait until the video where he picks a master lock with a gentle breeze

[@smartnfinal]

next demo by the lock lawyer. just using mind bending command