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[844] No Picking Required: Amazon’s Defective Choice

LockPickingLawyer · 987.2K views · 2019-03-01 · 2:21

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Overview

A LockPickingLawyer video showing that a padlock sold as an Amazon's Choice high-security product can be opened trivially, with no picking needed.

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HN cites it, along with the rest of the series, as evidence that Amazon's Choice badges do not mean good quality.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2019–2019

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Security & hackingHome, DIY & practical skillsMechanical & precision engineering
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partialrecall · 2019-09 · Reference

I get the "thieves don't pick locks" thing, but I really think it's sleazy as hell if a lock marketed as "high security" can be raked open in one second. That's a low-skill attack. In this case he didn't even have to rake it, because the locks were unshielded: [VIDEO] An unshielded padlock may as well be a warded lock like you'd find on a child's diary.

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mey · 2019-07 · Reference

LockPickingLawyer (Youtube) has a series of videos on the poor quality of "Amazon Choice" for various locks. [LINK] [VIDEO] [LINK] (Branded Amazon Basics) [LINK] [LINK]

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larkinrichards · 2019-06 · Reference

I think an interesting point to keep an eye on is recommendations with negative side effects, e.g. amazons choice for a high security lock has a terrible flaw. [VIDEO]

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