(First post) Do most peolpe not get lock picking?

[Guinness750]

Hi, this is my first post as I've just started getting into lock picking seriously, I always been fascinated by lockpicking/smithing and thought it would be a good fall back plan for work.

I started getting interested when I first bypassed the door code locks we have at work and wondered why no-one else seemed to be able to bypass the lock when it was so simple to open and most of the guys I work with are pretty smart? The locks my boss purchased were cheap (its in his nature) so fairly easy to bypass, I just wonderd if any of you guys found that most people even those with a good idea of mechanical principles didn't know much of how to bypass simple security devices? I'm very new to this and just starting to crack simple pin-tumblers and padlocks and wondered of the majority of people you know don't have much idea of how to even extract a broken key etc even though a little bit of knowledge could save them quite a few quid if a key broke etc? Thanks, Rob.

[sublime progie]

well Guessing750 i will give a go at answering your question. I think most people think that the security device in place, weather it be a lock or pushbutton or some other baracade, is close to impossible to bypass since often people pay good money for it. also, it takes considerable practice with most of the techniques used.


what it people just asume that the profesionals have special training and space aged tools.

[Greyflex]

Sublime

How dare you disrespect the best beer ever made by mispronouncing it!.

[SFGOON]

Most folks just assume it can't be done so they don't try - human nature is like that.

[Chucklz]

Its not beer, its stout!

[Greyflex]

Stout? Beer? Whatever it is, if I had 750 of them in my fridge, I would be very happy.

[helix]

I'm with SF on this one.

[retrofitz]

Maybe, just maybe, some people find bypassing security a bit unethical?

But then I wonder why so many common thieves are equally mystified by locks.

/I don't know a lot thieves though.

[Chrispy]

Maybe, just maybe, some people find bypassing security a bit unethical?

Not locksmiths that are paid to get into whatever is locked. They find it perfectly ethical.