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How do lock manufacturers (padlocks, deadbolts, etc) get away with advertising that their locks are high security or even unpickable, when those locks can be picked open in seconds? Isnt this false advertising? I find it impossible to believe that they dont know how easily their locks can be bypassed. Wouldnt that be negligence?

If you arent familiar with what I am discussing, search for LockPickingLawyer on YouTube to see how easily security devices can be bypassed. I dont actually know if he is a lawyer, nor does he discuss the legal aspects if he is. Some of his videos might actually shock you. For example, he shows how a gun safe can be opened with a plastic spoon, something even a toddler could do.

While I am in the US, I am open to all thoughts.

Keltari
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I suspect major manufacturers would hesitate to make claims like "unpickable". What they are more likely to say is "never picked".

As for "high security", I think the courts are liable to treat this as "sellers' puff" whenever padlocks and similar are concerned.

It's worth bearing in mind that lockpicking isn't a common skill, and carrying a set of lockpicks outdoors is liable to treated similar to carrying a jemmy bar, and attract deep suspicion of "going equipped to steal".

If a lock requires some practised skill and special tooling to pick, it is secure by that definition.

Steve
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