Re: How realistic is lock picking?
piotr wrote:uperkurk wrote:Neilau wrote:uperkurk wrote: and it just isn't possible, even for a professional to pick this lock without having it at the
It's not a troll / flame post at all. It's just when I watch videos of people lock picking they have it in a vice at the perfect angle, even having it upside down sometimes. Also in the UK 90% of homes use this type of lock it's VERY common.
Some pickers pick with the lock at 180-degrees, i.e. "straight" . There is no "upside-down", Euro cylinders are mounted differently in different parts of the world. In Australia they are often installed "upside-down". But none of these things really matter, the technique doesn't change. Any of the best pickers on this forum can pick a cylinder like the one you posted in any orientation.
The lock that you posted is is just an ordinary 6-pin tumbler lock with at worst some spool pins. That is classed at best as an intermediate difficulty lock from a picking point of view. AFAIK there is absolutely nothing remarkable about it that would make it difficult to pick, i.e. it doesn't have a second shear-line, it most likely doesn't have counter-milling and serrated driver pins, it doesn't have rotating pins and a side-bar, it is just a plain vanilla Euro-cylinder so we don't really understand your confidence in it. An American 5200 padlock is harder to pick than that because it has serrated pins and there are many people here that pick an American 5200 padlock in around 60 seconds. Here is a video of ImSchatten360 picking an American 5200 (with serrated driver and key pins) in under 30 seconds:
The reason why I had faith in it is because I've read that these types of locks have spools and are just difficult to pick. That lock I linked was on sale for £45 so not what I would call a cheap lock exactly... Could you show me an example of what you would call a high security door lock for your house... The cheaper houses in the UK have uPVC doors so they use the common euro cylinder but some expensive houses might use lever locks or something different.