[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]
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
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.
The gun wiggles are interesting. I bet they’re wobbling them based on your speed to help sell the speed, but they just don’t expect you to fall to infinity, and there’s no wind resistance so your terminal velocity is just unlimited, so the wobbles get to be incredibly huge
