[527] Pickproof your Kwikset For Less Than $1

"I should note this is not the actual lock I'm using on my front door" Furiously crumples up all my notes and diagrams.

>about to rob a house >sees a very expensive high security lock >steals the door with the lock on it

Imagine spending a few hundred dollars on a high end lock, only for someone to smash your window with a rock.

I’ve re-keyed locks before and have accidentally dumped the driver pins out. I can assure you, normal people take a LOOOT longer putting those back in than be does. His precision is just mind blowing

When I start teaching computer security, a student will ask me if there is such a thing as a totally secure computing device. The channel author's comment about wood frame doors and ground level windows reminded me of the answer I give students.: "If you have a house with pick proof locks, have steel doors, and windows with bars and bullett proof glass.... all I need is a wooden wall and a chainsaw". If a criminal wants to get in they will. What you need to do is make the intrusion not worth their effort and risk.

This is a much better solution than paying 2000 dollars for a lock. Because a 2000 dollar lock is a huge red flag that you have something worth more than 2000 dollars worth stealing.

I once saw a TV show where the reporter kept saying he would interview a thieve that would show live and on the reporter's own car, how to get in, in less than a couple of seconds, using nothing more than a component anyone could purchase at autoparts stores. At every segment of the show, before and after commercial breaks, he'd keep saying that the interview was "coming up", etc, etc. When it was finally time to show how the gentleman would get into his car, the reporter cued up the drama, "now he's going to reveal his trick", etc, and the guy takes a spark plug out of his pocket. The reporter asks, "...But that... that's a spark plug, no?" The spark plug is smashed into the window breaking it into a million pieces. The guy unlocks the door from the inside and while opening it, he answers, "yes it is".

I like how he says he doesn’t want his locks to be picked by novices, there for implying he wants a challenger. An expert if you would. Someone to take him 1v1 in a legendary challenge of the gods

"I don't want a lock on my door that could easily be picked by a novice." Only the most experienced pickers are allowed to pick LPL's door I see.

If someone tried to brake into this mans house he’d probably come outside and show them how to do it properly

Neighbor: Can I please borrow your drill? LPL: Yes, it's in that bush over there in case someone picks my lock..

Plot twist: LPL doesn't have a front door, instead he has a labyrinth for a garden and you must surpass half a dozen of traps in order to get to a door that was sealed from the inside.

LPL takes more than 5 seconds to pick a lock: "not sure what's holding me up here" Legend.

And then the thief decided to be a jerk and picks ALL the doors

Note that Kwikset locks are no longer made with holes for Construction Keying. I tried doing this with an older Schlage lock. It didn't work because the construction holes are 45 degrees away from the main holes, and by the time the key has rotated 45', the Entrance Lock is already unlocked. I also tried with Defiant locks, and found they do not have Construction holes, and so cannot be modified in this way.

Expectation: "oh, your husband is a locksmith, that must be so handy for when you get locked out!" Reality: loses key no one can save me now

Thief: "I did it! I finally did it! After years of trying I finally cracked it and I'm in! Now I can get hold of all these precious locks..." LPL: "This is the Lock Picking Lawyer and today I'm going to be beating this intruders ass with the biggest padlock in my collection."

Let's get some tension around here *starts talking about politics at Thansgiving*

The way he said “novice” just made every picker shiver in fear from this beast of a man.

Imagine trying to break into a house, and from a distance you hear a rapidly-approaching voice saying “This is the LockPickingLawyer, and today we will be showing a thief how to properly break into my house.”