[1206] They Said It Couldn’t Be Decoded... They Were Wrong (ASSA SRB36)

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[@lockpickinglawyer]

If you missed out last time, head over to covertinstruments.com ... we just stocked on several items, including the Covert Companion!

[@blessed_boio]

23 seconds ago

[@terravarious]

28 seconds.... And empty.

[@John_YT]

Will the turning tools be restocked too?

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Don't be telling people! I need to order mine!

[@raz0r00]

@@terravarious What do you mean? they're still avaliable?

[@shockwaveinfinity]

There needs to be an official LPL star rating on locks at this point

[@jackjohnson6328]

@@LordPrecision link me to the god tier please, I haven’t seen it

[@erikburzinski8248]

@@jackjohnson6328 so far there is only one lock on that list but soon there may be a second one kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWjZgYGZo76Kh5Y Correction there is one lock he was unable to pick. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4ebgn6Qg6urgtk Thank you for reminding me malmoor 92

[@bobbycratchet3958]

It would sorta lose its nuances.

[@bloodstoneore4630]

Masterlock; 1 star by default

[@anonym3017]

@@jackjohnson6328 it's called a bank vault

[@misteranderbro2328]

Assa: Alright, boys, we did it! No one can decode these locks! LPL: This is the Lockpicking Lawyer and wh- Assa: NO WAIT

[@dkbroman]

LOL really funny comment

[@ston3ac3]

what does the wh- mean?

[@SimonSideburns]

@@ston3ac3 It's the start of "What we have for you today..." (which is often the LPL's dialogue).

[@Fulkerguy]

@@ston3ac3 it is how he starts a video wh = "what I have for you today is..."

[@ston3ac3]

ah okay

[@glasslinger]

ASSA: "At least we got him to buy a bunch of locks!"

[@volbla]

That's how they get you.

[@blakebell8533]

@@volbla yeah, the profit from 6 locks definitely outweigh the potential of hundreds of thousands of customers who are now never going to purchase said lock

[@volbla]

@@blakebell8533 Leave it to business managers to be short sighted 😔

[@lugoorstar]

@@christianhale1988 ok cultist

[@christianhale1988]

@@lugoorstar hope you consider what I've written, thanks:)

[@BrownCookieBoy]

"1 order placed by LockPickingLawyer" *Assa starts to sweat* "6 Orders placed by LockPickingLawyer" *Assa sweat INTENSIFIES*

[@dustypapers1850]

poop

[@rae.chello]

Lol my brain read that as Ass sweat intensifies & I chuckled.

[@samba2782]

Fixed it for ya. "1 order placed by LockPickingLawyer" Assa starts to sweat "6 Orders placed by LockPickingLawyer" Assa starting to sell stocks

[@eb924]

_oh no_

[@-theislander-5888]

“omg he knows“

[@Ripley1738]

"And I bought 6 more to make sure it wasn't a fluke" assa knew they messed up when they saw that order

[@AceDeclan]

Or they thought he’s struggling and needs more to practice with.....

[@Ripley1738]

@@AceDeclan 🤣🤣🤣 that's a good one

[@Cyonai]

@@AceDeclan he never struggles. they probably had their hopes up and thought they really worked well, so that he's bought that many. and then came this video as a plot twist.

[@NotDrak]

cant tell if its a compliment or a curse for the LPL to buy more than one of your lock xD

[@WineLad]

@@NotDrak yes

[@footballplayer7474]

"This lock cannot be decoded" LPL: And I took that personally

[@expadarkgamer1935]

This is the truest comment ive ever seen

[@thearousedeunuch]

It's nice to see a fellow Funhaus fan around here. :)

[@AkibaCorner]

@@thearousedeunuch Was about to comment that as well

[@OAleathaO]

I can only imagine that when lock designers at respected companies are designing a new lock, they go home, go to sleep and have nightmares about LPL. lol

[@Monni95]

It wasn't corona vaccine that caused all those people in Russia to commit suicide... They all were watching LPL videos and went full Lemmings...

[@Juhuuu]

Reputable lock companies should send their prototypes and first production runs to LPL for him to give honest feedback. They shouldn't be afraid of him. However the masterlocks of the world should definitely have nightmares about LPL exposing their scam.

[@makmak-zt6md]

i think he can turn it into a proper business. this is basically how michelin got into the business of rating chefs, he can do the same except with locks

[@John_Smith_]

Do they even design new locks? I thought locks were mostly recycled old patents like mouse traps.

[@MarcGyverIt]

How many people have been fired, basically by LPL?

[@herbderbler1585]

"You can't pick this lock without destroying it." "Correct, I had to ruin the pick to unlock it." "Exactly, not even the legendary LPL can--wait...what??"

[@Ikxi]

It was already broken, get it right smh /s

[@doul103]

Well he Mast have broken it in Advance

[@doul103]

2 years in advance

[@Maninawig]

He bent a broken pick... Lol so he literally used scrap to open it...

[@the_undead]

@@Maninawig it's not even a scrap per say, because broken picks have a lot of uses in locksport,

[@venusmask]

LPL is just doing their jobs for them in regards to finding problems with locks.

[@tigershark2328]

LPL is the perfect guy to go to for testing prototype locks before they are mass manufactured

[@venusmask]

@@tigershark2328 YEE he should make a company about it

[@SifArtorias]

@@venusmask maybe his store he started for covert instruments could branch out some day and provide effective pick resistant locks. That would be awesome

[@Youtubeforcedmetochangemyname]

To bad most don't pay attention and fix the problems

[@venusmask]

@@SifArtorias yeah but locks can be hard to make in mass production I think it would be better to make money by selling his services to companies and give them ways they can fix them

[@jamesdevrees8663]

ASA Marketing: We have invested heavily to ensure that this lock cannot be decoded without destroying it. LPL: I have this old broken pick.....

[@daylen577]

To be fair though, this will stop 99% of attacks (even if they have knowledge of this possibility) because not that many people are going to just have a perfectly bent pick in their field kit. Doubt anything important enough to warrant a targeted attack is going to be protected with a consumer level padlock

[@ATSucks1]

@@daylen577 ..... i bet if he folded his redbull shim he could do it with that.

[@greenaum]

@@daylen577 I think you bend the pick yourself. You figure out where the fork is inside the lock, and how far that is from the crack around the edge you're gonna slip it into. Bend accordingly.

[@daylen577]

@@greenaum yeah but the average poor-mannered guy with basic lockpicking skills isn't going to know that, so it stops like 99% of attacks. Almost no-one has LPL level of skill, even most locksmiths would not be able to figure this out real quick in the field

[@daylen577]

@@smugfrogman4791 I'm not, I'm just saying that while this is definitely a valid attack vector, you wouldn't use a basic padlock to secure anything that would attract a targeted attack anyway, at that point you're pretty much screwed regardless

[@asmolbean9300]

I mean to be fair to them, for a 15 dollar lock, it's pretty good that the only way to decode it is with a weird pre prepared tool and you still have to be quite good at decoding. So keeping in mind the physical strength of the shackle, I'd say it's fine for low to medium security situations and honestly I would definitely buy one

[@jjmarr7130]

"weird pre prepared tool" he just bent a piece of metal.

[@zagreus5773]

The original point still stands. It's perfectly fine for the price and purpose. Any thief will just cut the shakle anyway instead of perfectly bending a thinn piece of metal and practicing decoding for a week or so.

[@asmolbean9300]

@@zagreus5773 yeah that's what I was getting at. It looks like you'd atleast need a good pair of bolt cutters to do cut the shackle.

[@jjmarr7130]

@@zagreus5773 the original point this person was making was that LPL used a "weird pre prepared tool". All he did was bend a shim so it would touch something. Doesn't need that much expertise or precise machining. You can do it with your hands in a few seconds.

[@Chrisamic]

@@jjmarr7130 Remember that Harry makes this stuff look crazy simple and quick. Not one in a thousand enthusiast locksporters could hope to do this so quickly, and not one in a million deadbeat oxygen thieves would have the ability to learn the skill. The main way of defeating something with this lock on it would still be an attack on the door hardware, an angle grinder, oxy-acetylene torch, or a sledge hammer. LPL can pick stuff on camera in one minute that professionals struggle with and are defeated by every day. Still pretty good for a cheap combo lock.

[@RealJohnConger]

"I'll give them a quick scramble" *Scrambles for 10 minutes*

[@fredriddles1763]

He wanted to be dead certain it was scrambled properly before he proved his peers wrong xD

[@joshuacitarella9898]

Spent as much time scrambling as he did decoding it.

[@RealJohnConger]

@@joshuacitarella9898 🤣

[@AidilMirza]

Scrambles for 10 mins, picks lock in 10 secs. #respect

[@fabiangonzalezcardoza3736]

ASSA paid him to make the video atleast 3 minutes long

[@jonas4048]

I'd really like to see a tour where you show all of your locks and how you store them.

[@zacharyboivin3925]

in his mansion he has a scrooge mcduck vault of locks, but what lock does he use to guard this?

[@bent540]

he has over 9000 bicycles

[@P.r.i.m.o]

@@zacharyboivin3925 He has a door that can only be moved via hydraulic pistons that is so heavy it takes at least 15min for the pistons to open the door. No locks because LPL knows there isn't a lock that exists that can't be bypassed. There are only locks that buy time.

[@jonas4048]

@@zacharyboivin3925 probably just a cheap lock. If you pick it and open the vault you will get hit by a few tons of steel.😂

[@officialWWM]

He keeps them locked up...

[@sporyles2011]

Assa watching this: "Here we go boys we"re about to beat him!" LPL: "I bent this lockpick and cut the tip off" Assa: "No wait...."

[@BFedie518]

He didn't even cut the tip off. He said it had long since broken off.

[@joetroutt7425]

If there were no rules there would be none to break

[@kx519]

I love when lock makers do the ol "aha! We've fixed ALL of the things" and LPL just slides a pick in to a new hole.

[@FizzieWebb]

@@kx519 fixing one issue creates another.

[@Wapaz]

TBF it wasn't ASSA who said it can't be decoded.

[@wildr8174]

In my imagination there's a dark room with a big padlock-shaped table in the center. Sat round the table are the CEO's of various lock companies. In the middle of the table theres a spinning hologram of the famous hands of the LPL. They're arguing, trying to come up with a strategy to defeat the LPL and stop him shaming their products. Suddenly a voice echos from every corner of the room... "1 is set, 2 is binding..." The room explodes in panic, shitty locks flying everywhere. The CEO wakes up in cold in a pool of sweat and realises it was just a nightmare...

[@StudlyFudd13]

Then he hears from his front door, " 1 is binding, got something from 2..."

[@Catdaddyacab]

“Big padlock shaped table” LMAO. Freaking hilarious bro, underrated comment.

[@calzabbath]

Or was it?

[@integerrandom]

LPL: ...it's not easy, but possible... ASSA: hear that? He said it's not easy, meaning It's not possibe for mere mortal

[@TinyShaman]

Yeah, it sounds like the highest praise, coming from this guy. 😂

[@sanketmanna8653]

Agree on this....

[@doctorsaj]

"No human can decode this lock" "But LPL did it" "Exactly"

[@justinhalsall4077]

The reptilians!

[@ericsmith5919]

"I fear no man. But that THING- it scares me."

[@RMJ1984]

TBH we do not have any evidence that he is human, the only thing we have seen so far, is some hands and furry arms, a bit to furry, so they might be fake. I suspect he is actually a robot. Maybe a T800 that killed its target and decided to find a new profession, that would make a lot of sense.

[@ChiaSeeds3772]

@@RMJ1984 perhaps he is an alien 👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽

[@RMJ1984]

@@ChiaSeeds3772 That is also highly likely!. There is definitely something "strange" going on.

[@cmb1972]

The LockPickingLawyer is like water, if there is a way in he is getting in.

[@bilbostabbins1882]

I will completely ignore that and take it out of context

[@doommaker4000]

LPL is like water, I drink it every day

[@hello2jello4mellow34]

Yes, and LPL will sometimes use his skills to enter the backdoor of his ex-girlfriend.

[@tcpratt1660]

Or in the case of a Titalium lock, LPL is like gallium.

[@evgSyr]

More like helium.

[@andre200mw]

any lock that takes LPL more than 30 seconds to unlock is like a gold standard!

[@SPIR-MiffyJupiter]

if u seal the gap by youeself , then his tool is useless .......... for a few moment ......

[@pumkin610]

31 seconds 😕 sus

[@psedog]

@@SPIR-MiffyJupiter Exactly. JB weld that portion which is much more doable than between the cylinders.

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

It amazes me the simplest, stupidest things that lock manufacturers overlook. The slightest crimp around the base of the lock body would have prevented this. He literally spent more time scrambling the wheels than he did picking the lock.

[@edwinhuang9244]

@Mäkirannantörmä Not really. They were meant to both mark that it's yours, and it seems like, to delay. Which is kinda scary when you think about it.

[@optidalfprime3904]

@Mäkirannantörmä this lock is not though. If the lock says that it can't be decoded unless destroyed then it's not meant to stop honest people, it's meant to be undecodable unless destroyed, which it failed to do

[@djaydeved]

hell that exploit could be so easily fixed with the same damn prosess as how coke can tops meet the lower yeah the top of a coke can is actually multiple pieces

[@stupaod]

@@optidalfprime3904 Even the best locks can be defeated in under 10 mins with the right tools. I doubt its possible to make a truly foolproof lock. It makes me wonder whether this channel is really helping anything or just teaching thieves quick easy ways to defeat the locks. If you honestly expect a lock or a locked box to stand up to a determined thief I think you are lying to yourself.

[@nomindseye]

@@optidalfprime3904 That was a reviewer who said that, according to LPL, not the manufacturer. So it probably does meet or exceed the advertised quality of the manufacturer.

[@calebbones6502]

"they said it couldn't be decoded" opens with 7 laying on the table... well this was a lie

[@andreasu.3546]

It wasn't a lie if they didn't now their claim was false. Hanlon's razor...

[@AtheistReligionIsCancer]

@@andreasu.3546 I don't think they did know. Sounds like they address known bugs much in the same way software developers do

[@RenzXVI]

And he used a bent and broken off lockpick...

[@SystemX1983]

@@RenzXVI can we consider this as a specialized tool? :) I thought he would open all of them to show its not a fluke... Challenge accepted - Challenge mastered Well done!

[@dbuzman]

TO be fair, ASSA didn't say that it, a publication did.

[@Gigaheart]

"I bent this lockpick with the tip cut off."' Assa: No that's illegal.

[@plzdontclickhere9743]

"stop that"

[@scottmantooth8785]

*do ya think a criminal is really gonna care about one more "illegal" charge added to the list that will/would be filed in opening whatever container or secured location that was entrusted to this lock?*

[@EnricoBM]

@@scottmantooth8785 it is a joke

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@EnricoBM *i knew that of course...just confirming the validity of your statement/ post*

[@Code002HVH]

@@scottmantooth8785 confirming the - dude its a fucking joke

[@anjiruhyure2080]

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if security companies send him an email saying "we're out of stock" whenever they see an order from him.

[@thegunnitgamer5716]

except squire, who send an email reading "how many do you want and where do you want them shipped"

[@the_undead]

That's the advantage of no one being able to figure out who he is based off information available on his channel, because you can just order stuff under his real name and a company would have no idea who he is because they probably get hundreds of orders each day

[@VoltisArt]

Who orders padlocks directly from the companies that make them? Other than highly specialized items, pretty much everything goes through retail.

[@Money4Nothing]

"New Impossible Lock" LPL Video length: 3 minutes "Oh no...."

[@MikkoRantalainen]

And the video even used some time to explain the more common attacks. Plus half the time in the video was spent to scramble the wheels for the demo.

[@HunterCOTW]

This is literally the only guy on youtube that doesn't make clickbait titles you just check the length of the video an you know he's not kidding about if they are easy to crack or not

[@joetroutt7425]

Daily dose of internet never clickbaits either. Shows thumbnail immediately with no long intro

[@mikemiller2131]

@@joetroutt7425 I was about to say the same: Daily dose of Internet

[@coen555]

Easy? Lol, you try it then.

[@benbaselet2026]

This is one of the few bastions of quality content in the tubes, or the interwebs in general.

[@pixel_biscuit]

Purge the clickbait.

[@klorgmakthesmasher6446]

I bet he doesn't even use his keys when he opens his PO box.

[@FlumenSanctiViti]

Nope, he just raises his eyebrow and the lock gives up.

[@ManOnTheRange]

or go home :)

[@morfanaion]

LPL doesn't have keys, just a hairpin... all he ever needs...

[@Maninawig]

I love how the LPL has become the Chuck Norris of locks

[@bshorta]

ASSA: Fixes the gap LPL: Hey guys, they fixed the gap, but what about this other vulnerability that allows me to open it with a paper clip?

[@u.v.s.5583]

Paper clips, toothpicks, Red Bull cans, Lego pieces, lighters, ramsets, guns, the tool that BB and I made, you cannot stop all attacks!

[@howtonotbasic1383]

@@u.v.s.5583 A long strand of molecules, or even DNA.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

Or perhaps a plastic spork.

[@freelanserns187]

God help us if we lock picking lawyer gets into crime

[@litterpicker1431]

@@freelanserns187 That would be fantastic! [1506] Handcuffs Picked with a Taser Barb [1507] State Prison Cell Door Lock Picked and Gutted with Prison Biscuits [1508] Electric Chair Restraints Picked with a Wet Sponge [1509] Several Prison Officers Gutted with a Single Toothpick

[@BuddysDIY]

"lock manufacturers hate this guy"

[@cheeta2665]

Everyone gangsta till you hear “this is the lockpickinglawyer” outside your door

[@WaterZer0]

Let's be real: you don't have anything cool enough for him to steal.

[@tylnozcn27]

@@WaterZer0 facts

[@saschaschneider6355]

@@Suchtfaktor interesting social engineering approach as nobody knows what he looks like :>

[@nickryan3417]

@@saschaschneider6355 A couple of the videos here have relatively clear reflections of him in them

[@averagephlogfan6475]

@@Suchtfaktor if you made it to the door in time before he opened it himself

[@VideoNOLA]

Designer: "Do y'all see any remaining gaps?" Board members: "Literal or figurative?" Designer: "Umm... figurative, maybe?" Board members: "Nope! Ship it!!"

[@AlexXanderMarketing]

LPL: I put a tiny bend in my lock pick Ruins ASSA's whole career

[@borjesvensson8661]

European locks are rarley advertised as unpickable. Just rated in terms of average picking resistance.

[@GabrieLight]

If they stop production the moment they saw the review and draw the new design, then they'll gain more respect, unlike master lock.

[@Ziegeri]

@@GabrieLight They have protec2 for those who needs bit more secure padlock

[@stupide9209]

LPL: "now guys this lock is stronger than usual, it took me a whole 30 seconds to find a way in"

[@jacobsmallman5018]

Top be fair that is longer then most locks. For a lock of that style only a few people would be able to break in without destroying the lock

[@marcobering3945]

He didn't say how long it took him to find that vulnerability or how long it took him to figure out how to exploit it. I expect he takes the lock apart to figure these things out, not restraining himself to approaching it as if it were 'in the wild' so to speak.

[@AiNiKo]

Everyone gangster until they hear, "two is binding."

[@froggerabc]

LOL.

[@MasterTRL]

Click on three

[@neooblisk0084]

And that was the moment you knew, you messed up

[@matthewspry4217]

Nervous laughter after click on 3

[@itzhegs6742]

666 likes

[@mx_nana_banana]

Lpl to lock makers: *YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME MORTAL?*

[@BrownCookieBoy]

1:22 The legends say hes scrambling to this day.

[@garethwillis]

"This is the lock picking lawyer and today we have ASSA". ASSA- "Not again"😭.

[@SmarterThanYesterday]

dang right, lolz

[@recklessroges]

LPL report care: "improving, but could still do better."

[@lavurei-520]

You joined 14 years ago... wow you're one of the OG's

[@Amishhellcat]

"you're not acting like the lock mr. rogers knew you could be"

[@officialWWM]

So, if this lawyer can't keep you out of jail, he can come and break you out...

[@rickpaulos]

that would be a good vid, lpl picking a jail or prison cell. That would be a hit at many slammers.

[@xxxx-jh5vc]

That would mean he'd keep you out of jail...

[@ralexcraft990]

@@xxxx-jh5vc no he'd get you out once you got in

[@metallicasnake]

All the jokes aside, your competence in taking these locks apart is something to behold and admire. I appreciate what you do very much. Thank you.

[@themetalmicky]

manufacturers sending him locks must be heart wrenching when he cracks it in a minute

[@JustAnotherAwesomeGuy]

Under a minute.. lol

[@thandir_the_elfg5370]

when ever he's trying to pick a lock I sit really still like I'm trying not to distract him.

[@brucecoleman7412]

Fill that gap with a little epoxy. That might make things a bit more interesting.

[@asailijhijr]

Even silly putty or solder would fill the gap.

[@klj2382]

JB Weld

[@ChickenYale]

Ramen noodles

[@r1273m]

Maybe needs a little gap somewhere along that bottom edge to drain the water when it rains. So don't seal it completely.

[@misterhat5823]

@@r1273m Use weep hole and make sure you can't get at the mech from it.

[@ThisTall]

Man that seems like such a simple design characteristic to have fixed.

[@shaice]

Exactly, may the could close the gap with some soldering and that's all... Or not, LPL?

[@mal2ksc]

@@shaice Soldering would help, but it would still be "non-destructive" to heat up the lock, whack it so the solder falls out, and then pick it. The solder can be replaced afterward so I think that still counts as "non-destructive". If you can open-flame solder brass together, which isn't that hard, you can just as easily unsolder it.

[@LordBhorak]

@@mal2ksc But when the "non-destructive" method becomes more work than the destructive one, the lock has won. Locks are never 100% secure, but are a deterrent and the soldering option would definitely make it not worthwhile to open non-destructively. And if you're thinking of a thief, who wants to get to your stuff without you knowing that the thief went there, you're gonna know when your stuff is missing anyways. And if it's not stuff you're protecting, then a simple tamper seal will do the job of making sure if someone's been there.

[@forty6andzwei]

I love it when this guy gets creative! His understanding of locks and how the internal mechanisms work are absolutely amazing. If he commercially produced a lock, I would definitely buy it.

[@Liberty4Ever]

LPL is continuously advancing the state of the art. Much respect. Manufacturers should send new locks for review prior to the start of production.

[@LMacNeill]

ASSA: "We've made a lock that can't be decoded!" LPL: "Hold my lockpicks!"

[@DWish808]

"...except for this old broken one I have lying around."

[@LMacNeill]

@@DWish808 At the beginning, didn't he say he went and bought six more to make sure it wasn't a fluke?

[@DWish808]

@@LMacNeill Yeah, I was talking about the lockpicks part. He used an old one with a broken tip.

[@LMacNeill]

@@DWish808 Ohhh -- sorry. I misunderstood your meaning. :-)

[@Konve]

It wasn't ASSA that said so, though. :-)

[@PaulMansfield]

Head of security at Fort Knox: "The lock picking lawyer is in the area, double the guard!"

[@wiedhathecrafter7508]

Used to install and set up Visionline as a subcontractor for Assa Abloy. On one job, the installers putting the locks on the hotel doors had to bust the door open, as the lock had died and we couldn't power it externally (for those who may not know, with the right tools you can power RFID locks from a laptop for a short amount of time, usually just enough to open the door). They showed me a stupidly simple way to break the door open that just requires a drill and a bit of precision. I'm no longer under an NDA, so I can tell you all! A door with an Assa Abloy RFID lock has 2-4 weak points. If the RFID reader is not directly connected with the handle via a metal plate, there are 2 weak points, where as handles with the reader and a metal plate have 4. Take a drill with a 1/8th drill bit (preferably titanium bits as you will be drilling into steel). Drill directly above, below, and, for the full locks, to the sides of the door handle, through the metal into the door itself. After drilling through, you should take a rubber mallet and smack the handle to the floor (may need a hammer depending on how deep you drilled). Once the handle is removed, you should see a bronze/copper bar sticking out, use the mallet to smack that bar into the hotel room, this removes the other handle. Taking a decent sized flat head screwdriver, insert it where the bronze bar was, all the way until you are through the middle part of the lock chassis. Twist the screwdriver in the direction opposite the handle placement, if the handle is on the right, twist left, and vice versa.

[@light-master]

To LPL, all looks are still in beta development, and he's just helping to discover their defects.

[@tcpratt1660]

Except for Master Locks, almost all of which are in pre-pre alpha development...

[@areyouwelldoyouhavebrainda640]

@@tcpratt1660 You forgot early access kekekekek

[@MDP1702]

Honestly why don't lock companies send these locks to experienced people like LPL during development to test them and give advice. Ofcourse they might know it is possible, but just not really a problem.

[@phoenixnightowljr.2333]

"It's not a "Defect", it's an "Undocumented Feature"!

[@just_the_drummer8830]

Not enough people talk about how LPL unlocks our hearts with the unique cadence in his speech.

[@WillF1980]

It’s like a infomercial at night. “This lock is unpickable unbreakable” then you hear “.hi I’m the lock picking lawyer....

[@Geoff69420]

"They Said It Couldn’t Be Decoded..." Are they talking about their combination lock, or the Enigma? Because both were cracked in short order.

[@patheddles4004]

Yeah, Enigma wasn't cracked per se. It was replicated, and they got very good at figuring out the daily keys. And even that took a huge effort. Given an Enigma message without knowing the key, it's still almost uncrackable even with modern crypto technology. In other words, Enigma was actually a brilliant system.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Enigma was practically just brute forced daily because German military only swapped code rotors instead of also rewiring the front panel. If German military had used fully randomized keys including all rotor options and front panel wiring plugs, the Allied powers wouldn't have been able to brute force the encryption. So basically the failure of Enigma was poor key management. The key management is also the weakest part of most modern day encryption systems. By modern standards the algorithm used in the Enigma wouldn't be good enough but it was very good for the machines of the time.

[@muratkarabeyaz3344]

I just love the passion this guy has, you can tell he just loves it

[@cdh79]

Lockdesigners: exist LPL: I'm going to ruin this type of career.

[@sakatan1985]

Imagine being an Assa PM seeing your lock in a thumbnail - that belongs to an LPL video with a pretty short runtime.

[@wildr8174]

*sweating intensifies*

[@dricus81]

Thats the moment he knew they f*cked up....

[@27jerry27]

When you are a cashier then you see Lockpicking Lawyer bought the same Lock in your house..... you're screwed.

[@Suninrags]

But then he makes a video praising the lock's design and you can sleep safely at night

[@digitald5851]

@@Suninrags maybe some day that will happen

[@Suninrags]

@@digitald5851 I mean Bowley locks is one of them

[@jobobminer8843]

When you casually dis Master-Lock as the intro for another brand.

[@whalebone1206]

I can just imagine what runs through a company's head when they see the name of their product in your title

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Wow! That was a much better lock than I assume from the looks. It took inserting a custom tool just to get into tentative method territory.

[@TheMaximus359]

"This lock can't be decoded" LPL: allow me to introduce myself

[@Digalog]

Oh gosh. That's the whole fucking point of it all

[@Thorsten1976ps]

Jawbridge: "I protect the secrets of Castle Grayskull!" LPL: "this is the lockpickinglawyer..." Jawbridge: "oh, crap...!"

[@d3us89]

My whole childhood flashed before my eyes because of this. Thank you!

[@bigwo56]

@@d3us89 HAHAHAHA! Good one!

[@jamesweststeijn1330]

I'm now using the key pin he used to open my pad locks and I'm never needing to remember the code again

[@KiemPlant]

Companies shouldn't be allowed to state such claims if the lock wasn't made in collaboration with the LockPickingLawyer.

[@theredeyther7502]

“They said it could not be done They said I could not pick it with destroying it They said it was smaller and more pick proof They were wrong”

[@stevetekrv5791]

...said in Liam Neeson's voice of course...

[@Welphereweareagain]

I am surprised that no lock companies have hired LPL as a security analyst, he could make pick bucks looking for flaws in the design stages of lock manufacturing. He is just so good at what he does!!

[@Howdy762]

Im sure he does

[@HendyIrawancom]

He does. Read his website.

[@niknewland9783]

Thats what a good locksmith does

[@phiillzzz807]

@pavanlaw enforcement agents would use other brute means of entry rather than taking minutes trying to open a lock

[@vbscript2]

@pavan If locks were so simple that police could easily pick them, thieves could, too. Police aren't expert lock pickers. They usually just break the lock off if they need in. The the most likely type of pick that they'll use against a lock is a pick axe...

[@Imdippinout]

As someone who tries out a lot of this channels exploits and pick techniques, I have to say this lock seems super secure actually. For one, finding something thin enough yet strong enough to get through that gab is very tough and is pretty much the last place I would check for a weakness. Good job on finding this weakness by the way.

[@De4thBef0reDisc0]

Brand comes out with a new lock and claims that it's unpickable LockpickingLawyer: Hold my beer

[@skinnymarauder333]

I just watched Stuff Made Here make a lock that seems pretty unpickable, and they mentioned sending it over to you, which I am very excited for because I love your content and believe you'll probably find some way to pick it. Hopefully it turns into a back-and-forth duel between you two or something lol.

[@hellangel28]

hi LPL! First of all, thank you for your content! Because of your videos i developed an interest for lockpicking. I recently ordered a beginners set with 2 clear training locks and bought 2 padlocks and today they arrived and i had a go at it myself. I've really enjoyed myself, the satisfaction of opening a lock for the first time (and even every consecutive time felt great), but i also enjoy finding locks that i can't open (at least yet) and keep challenging myself. One of the bought ones i opened pretty quick, the other one i have yet to open. It looks very easy when you do it, but actually feeling what i'm doing, always knowing what pin im on will take quite a lot more practise :) I guess what i wanna say is thank you for bringing me to my new hobby with your greatly presented videos, please keep up the great work. PS: btw i actually did open one of the bought locks, i did not just play an episode of LPL putting the sound loud when he says "This is the LockPickingLawyer" so the lock would just open out of fear.

[@rjbond007]

LPL : started teaching others. Me: get a soldering iron instead of locks.

[@mattolfson9230]

Good lock! If LPL needed to essentially make custom tool to defeat it, that's saying a lot.

[@MrZesty-zu4xj]

I own a couple puck locks and your combing technic absolutely destroyed my confidence on my shed

[@landanhoward7208]

Still waiting for you to try the unpickaboe lock from “stuff made here”

[@lordkrythic6246]

From what i heard, SMH already backed out because they realized it could be raked open. That's thr problem when someone who knows nothing about locks tries to make one. SMH is missing about 1k years of human history.

[@brendanpope6203]

@@lordkrythic6246 Where did you hear this?

[@lordkrythic6246]

@@brendanpope6203 Social media.

[@pizzapriest7220]

@@lordkrythic6246 when I watched that video I remember thinking “huh, I wonder if it can be raked open.” Good to see that he acknowledged a problem with his design, I kinda hope he revises it and tries again though. It did show promise.

[@landanhoward7208]

@@lordkrythic6246 would’ve been funny if lpl unlocked a supposedly unpickable lock in a few seconds 😂

[@Decodeish1]

More on ASSA please! They are very popular in my country. Always been curious how good they are.

[@jokigelman]

"They said it could not be done, they said it was designed for tanks"😂😂😂

[@derfuchsgehtum1]

They we're wrong 😂😂😂😂

[@RDPendleton]

ASSA: This lock CANNOT be decoded! LPL: I think I'll be the judge of that.

[@Tiax776]

Assa Abloy didn't say it can't be picked. 00:30 "I've seen one publication flat out say this lock can't be decoded..."

[@xXluckyjoe7Xx]

Security companies: we made this to keep people out LPL: and I took that personally

[@johndododoe1411]

ASSA: Calls themselves "Opening Solutions"...

[@thenasadude6878]

I like how these ASSA locks look, and I like the noises they make. They look more substantial than many

[@AK-le9ys]

Him saying "Have a nice day" is sometimes the best part of my day

[@-Raylight]

*"Mind telling us what are you doing with these ASSA locks"* LPL : *_"Sir, finishing this locks"_*

[@mmarkstrom1]

Upvoting for that reference! :)

[@cyril3248]

They said it could not be made, they said it was designed for tanks. They said I could not make it smaller and more accurate... They were wrong

[@expadarkgamer1935]

Jaeger get back on coastline they need you for runouts

[@twobladedswordsandmauls2120]

This a four ring combination lock, literally 10 times better than three ring, but not impossible to brute force the combination.

[@SimpleAmadeus]

Assuming 1 second per combination, that's going to take up to 2.8 hours. 1.4 hours average. If you're going to take that long, you might as well bring a saw.

[@ElectroDFW]

I want a five-wheel dial lock made, just so I can set the combination to 1-2-3-4-5, just like my luggage. 😅

[@ElectroDFW]

Easier to brute force a 4 ring if you know a little about the owners of the thing being locked. Try birth years, house numbers, last 4 of the zip code or phone number, etc.

[@programmer437]

Good job to the manufacturers for improving the design and good job picking it too.

[@Ryan-et3sx]

Just remember: someone out there would’ve thought that LPL already knew the code to the lock if he didn’t scramble it on video.

[@charlescox290]

Let's be honest, someone as skilled with thier hands as LPL can really remember what the number is before turning it away and then count the number of times they rotated each cylinder, thus not making it random while looking like it was random (free choice of card when it really wasn't a free choice of card). I'm not saying he does that. In fact, as a lawyer he would lose all credibility of he was counting and saying it was random. I'm just saying he's smart and dexterous enough to be capable of it, and him turning the code wheels away does not eliminate the possibility of him knowing the code before he starts to decode it.

[@NO_Expectations]

LPL is a more an exceptional lock pick than many other people in this field, the few that have this skill can make a good living by advising these serious lock manufacturing companies how to improve their designs. Many of these locks are suitable for low risk, low value use but it's when they start to claim "Unpickable" along comes LPL.

[@sebgamboa7628]

lol, "they've made improvements, that just means I need to get creative"

[@darrellshoub7527]

i have never picked a lock .............but this is my favorite channel ..............as of a few days ago, ................. i have binge watched many dozens of episodes, .....................always a brillaint experience.................. with a transposable kind of wisdom about it .

[@stas7378]

The simplest solution would probably be to juts cover the bottom plate with rubber or plastic and glue it tight

[@pettere8429]

I was thinking filling the gap up with solder.

[@Guitardrumr]

Glued on cover would be defeated by acetone.

[@douglascampbell9809]

J & B Weld epoxy. Is a steel powder reinforced epoxy.

[@AP-ur9ej]

Use a security sponse

[@Flimzes]

I think something simpler - cut a grove about 4mm away from the edge of the body, and then flare out the edges of the bottom insert slightly - when inserted the flare on the bottom insert will snap into the grove, closing the gap. No extra components or materials required

[@djnone8137]

I'm abandoning all locks and replacing them with a weaponized centry at the ready You will have 30 seconds to comply

[@DannieJensen]

You mean a dog?

[@aszthrotep4632]

@@DannieJensen you can put the dog to sleep...

[@ripghotihook]

@@DannieJensen I mean, if you tape a bunch of knives to it you'd have a weaponized dog.

[@DannieJensen]

@@aszthrotep4632 Pretty sure you can't lockpick it tho ;) Also, a famous silver thief was so good with dogs he exclusively targeted homes with them because they wouldn't have advanced alarm systems. He robbed something like 30 homes of their silver I think and petted each and every dog lovingly before leaving unnoticed, often with the home owners sleeping a floor above him.

[@garret1930]

@@DannieJensen that's a good thief, in some cases he might've even treated the dogs nicer than their owners did.

[@markdarden4066]

Dude you are amazing and have taught me so much! Thank you

[@alexsis1778]

Feel like this is a great visual demonstration of what he's normally doing with lockpicks for someone who is new to the concept

[@wasd3108]

why even release a lock without contacting this guy, I mean, seriously ;DDDDDDDDDDD

[@AtheistReligionIsCancer]

They could do for PR purposes, maybe make an advertisement deal, but to contact him every time for a new lock, it is not the best way. Easier will be that they place a bounty on each lock, such that the first who proves he can open it, get that bounty.

[@frutt5k]

He does consultancy works, according to his website (see pinned message)

[@TheDevnul]

At this point I think it’s a bean counting issue. They don’t want to pay for the improvement needed to secure their products. Increasing the tolerance on that gap is going to add what, 3$ per lock?

[@eternalfrost1732]

@@TheDevnul to add on to what you're saying, I think certain things that could be used to achieve higher security just aren't added because they wouldn't be practical to mass produce

[@simonschulz4401]

I'm waiting for the day, that he scrambles the code wheels and hits 0000

[@995cool]

so close to 7654 tho

[@mioroslund3023]

It has a 1/10000 chance of happening so it's more likely that you die from an accidental gun discharge than that this happens

[@Mungaru]

@@mioroslund3023 i like this comparison lmao

[@Tbird761]

I had a brass Master Lock combo lock that I used to give to people to set in grade school saying that no matter what they set it to I could get it open. It was a fun game for a while. In that case, all you had to do was pull up on the shackle and feel each rotor as it went through the numbers. One by one they'd eventually click when you got them right. Rotor 3 was the hardest one to feel.

[@Inflake]

The only “review” that ruins the product

[@AugGust]

It ruins its reputation, the product didn’t change in any way

[@inoob26]

What about hundreds of phone reviewers who specifically destroy the screen to test how tough the material is

[@FenderBridge]

Can't wait to see you attempt to open up StuffMadeHere's attempt at an unpickable lock!!

[@nagualdesign]

And the look on his wife's face, either way.

[@Xibit]

Plot twist: LPL memorizes how much he spins each dial when he scrambles them.

[@dandymcgee]

He doesn't need to. Picking them is way easier.

[@waltermh111]

Possible, he could be a card counter. With his dry humor and perfect line delivery, he has the poker face down. Would love to see him play poker :3

[@peterbyykkonen8901]

LPL: stick metal in gap ASSA: no more gap LPL: stick metal in different gap

[@jamespgray6928]

I was blown away by how fast you picked the Master 175. Crazy. 2nd video I've watched of yours. I know nothing about lockpicking. I hope to learn more : )