The red circle was there when I found it, I swear!
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2025
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Locks keep honest people honest.
That's all.
And children from messing with them
Considering most petty crime is a crime of opportunity then yeah. Locks are a good thing
They are important, but they are limited in the scope of what they can do. Just watch LockPickingLawyer or BosnianBill or Deviant Ollam's I'll Let Myself In: Tactics of Physical Pen Testers, This Key is Your Key, This Key is My Key and The Search for the Perfect Door.
On the other hand, I think most petty criminals probably aren't lockpickers, especially on their level. Probably more important to protect against someone drilling out the core or cutting the shackle. Of course, all this is a balance of how beefy and expensive the lock is versus how valuable and at risk what you're securing is.
Most locksmiths aren't at their level...
I miss BosnianBill, it always felt like my grandpa was sharing his hobby with me.
LPL and BB got me into picking locks, and so far it's saved a couple of massive personal headaches and one extremely expensive piece of industrial equipment (for which I recieved absolutely no recognition in saving the company about $450,000-550,000 in broken equipment)
It's also a fun quick thing to teach people and I have a spare set with me and an acrylic demonstration lock to show newbies.
I had fun at a park in south-western ohio once when I started picking all the padlocks couples were leaving on a bridge. I left about a dozen of them sitting on top of the railing.
Fun times, cheap hobby.
What ever happened to BosnianBill? I agree with your description of him seeming like a grandpa sharing.
I never got into lock picking, just did some small desk locks and such years ago, but I just loved watching him and enjoying his hobby.
I hate this saying because it's claiming lazy thieves are honest people. If you would steal a bike outside a grocery store just because it's not locked you're not an honest person.
Locks counters the finders keepers rule.
Hey look! I found a lock in the open.
I'll now be keeping it for myself and whatever is attached to it.
It’s a saying from a different morality than your own. You see honesty as an intrinsic, binary trait. The saying is from the perspective of sin, where everyone is dishonest and through conscious acts attempts to achieve relative honesty. By locking goods, you reduce temptation, making the struggle for honesty easier for another right-minded sinner.
During the pandemic I learned how to pick locks for fun and that was the exact thought that I had