Post by @Uglesett@snabelen.no

2025-12-29 06:41 UTC

@graydon@canada.masto.host @Robgbysea@mstdn.social @mattblaze@federate.social _Some_ of the stuff he does is easy, so even if he always manages to open a lock, you can usually tell a lot about the quality of it. If a lock can be opened with a simple shim or by raking it, stay away. If a video includes phrases like "the tool that Bosnian Bill and I made", it tends to be a decent lock.

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@bornach@fosstodon.org 2025-12-29 09:19

@Uglesett@snabelen.no @graydon@canada.masto.host @Robgbysea@mstdn.social @mattblaze@federate.social Given that there is a secretive locksmith community who is actively hostile against anyone revealing the specific weaknesses of particular locks, I now realise the LPL has good reason to never allow his face to be shown on camera https://youtu.be/b6jI9W1wERI

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@goedelchen@mastodontech.de 2025-12-29 15:51

@Uglesett@snabelen.no @graydon@canada.masto.host @Robgbysea@mstdn.social @mattblaze@federate.social Or if the video is titled "A Padlock I'd use"

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@etchedpixels@mastodon.social 2025-12-29 17:00

@Uglesett@snabelen.no @graydon@canada.masto.host @Robgbysea@mstdn.social @mattblaze@federate.social And security is ultimately an economics problem. If the lock on my bike is good enough the thief takes yours instead I win. If the lock is stronger than the rest of the security on something then it serves no purpose being better because I'll just take the other path, be it a sledgehammer or removing jewels from Parisian museums by going in somewhere else.

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