[979] Reaching UNDER a Door To Open It? (With Deviant Ollam)

Protecting my bottom against the insertion of foreign objects is a major security goal of mine.

The easiest way to defeat this is to place a cat on the other side of the door.

As a locksmith I went to a class on high security access control locks the instructor had not seen the tool before and I showed him how it worked and he was amazed . I thought it was hilarious 😅

These handles were on the residence rooms in my dorm, back in the day. Students figured out they could use coat hangers to open the doors. "Hardening" ended up just being us students who were concerned taking our door handles off, rotating them so they were vertical with the handle hanging downwards in the neutral position, and it left little for the attacker to get hold of with a wire like this.

"This is the lockpicking lawyer and what I have for you today is a safe I stumbled across from the local bank"

When LPL himself says "Okay, that opened WAY to fast" you've got yourself a great little gizmo

Round doorknobs would be quite effective countermeasure for this kind of device. Upd: thanks to everyone for response guys, i learned a few new things from you. Building regulations are not that strong in my country, so round doorknobs are still very common.

Instead of "breaking and entering", your crime will be just "entering".

I tried this for myself, the door didn't open but the toilet flushed.

I’ve watched this several times and Noticed he gets smacked in the head every time, so eventually after a 100 or so times you will forget this technique.

As we say in the door hardware industry, locks only keep honest people out! Thanks guys.

Hard barrier sweeps or caps at the bottom won't help against this tool if there's carpet (like in most hotels) - you can still easily press the tool under the door. Source: I was a hotel manager on the night shift for 10 years and unlocked 5 to 10 doors a week, every week, for guests who had someone passed out inside the room with the deadbolt latched (usually drunk). For those that might wonder how pulling the handle releases the deadbolt, in hotels (at least the ones I worked with) the deadbolt is linked to the handle being opened. It's a safety thing, so that if there's a fire or some emergency and the guest needs to evacuate the room quickly, they only have to turn the handle - no fumbling with a lock that they are unfamiliar with.

I was wondering why Deviant was staring so intently at me in utter silence at the start of the video. But it was just because my speakers were turned off.

If all else fails .. notice the hinges are on the outside of the door.

I made a makeshift version of this tool, and was able to get into my room without paying a lockout fee - dorm in college. It worked great. Thanks for the amazing video!

When I was at the University of Waterloo in the late 1970s, we called these devices "Bishop's Hooks", and we used them to get into the underground tunnels. The administration responded by welding cans around the door handles so we couldn't reach them.

"Who are you and how did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith and... I'm a locksmith".

"OK, just hold it behind your back and look natural." 0:00 "Like this?" "Perfect"

Yeah. When I was in college I made a similar device out of coat hangar wire and string. I used it when I accidentally would lock myself out of my dorm. I got good enough to work around hanging towels. It was a nifty, yet crude tool. But it got the job done.

LOL! Love how he tried to downplay smashing his head. It didn't go unnoticed.