Are the Lock Picking Videos Found Online Authentic?
There is a wide variety of videos online showing people picking open locks with one method or another. From bump keys, pick guns, paper clips, aluminum shims, and just good old fashioned lock picks. The focus of a lot of these videos is on speed picking. It seems with a tension wrench and a pick, a few quick rakes across the pins will open the lock. While there is no doubt that some people possess this skill, there are far too many video that make it look too easy.
Some of these video makers even get called out by the comments left by viewers, especially when the lock picker dismantled the lock before picking it. Claims of they left out pins and so on. And who knows, some probably do. You know, move magic. The stuff you don’t see when the camera is off. The speedsters also get called on picking locks that they normally wouldn’t have as easy access to in real life. Meaning picking a deadbolt on a door, can be harder than picking one you are holding in your hand. And similar claims for the lock pickers who just take the cylinder out of a lock and pick it.
Ultimately it is up the viewing community to believe the video or not, like the old saying goes: “Don’t believe everything you see on TV.”
