@@KnightRanger38 He stuck a metal object in the keyway and opened the lock, not sure what you definition is but that is "picking" the lock in my book. If you limit the term to just manipulating the pins, that's your problem.
Brinks could save a bunch of money by just including the knife tool with their locks instead of two keys. As an added good deal, it’s probably faster than using the keys.
yes, i bet they love the idea of "universal key, fits all our locks" lol still waiting for new fingernail lock or something, where you are the key.. or perhaps a keyless lock you just need to tap twice to open? i bet they'd love that idea! it'd be very convenient to use! :>
I like how they have on the packaging "ALL LOCKS USE SAME KEY" They just did not specify that the key is a shim and can be literally used on ALL LOCKS 😂
@@voltcorp look up the Brinks Matt robbery...UK back in the 🤔...was it sixties or seventies, can't remember.... Edit: I just did, it was the eighties, 1983
@@guarami1 Well, technically he has to open the same exact lock twice for me to take a drink during the 'not a fluke' game. I was saying to myself that I don't get to take a drink. But with me being sick with strep throat and the Canadian wildfire pollution covering the Northeast, drinking right now is probably not a good thing (I am taking antibiotics, so there's that rule I don't want break).
This, sadly, is worse than masterlock. Even master lock uses shielded keyways. However, many can be shimmed instead, but not all of them. Most of the rest don't have security pins, so they can be picked very quickly.
for the record... brinks, in brazilian portuguese, is a slang for joking... when someone says "Tô de brinks" is roughly translated to "I'm joking" and with this brand it's kind of appropriate
Brinks HQ: „Sir LPL released a video on our locks!“ Boss: „2:20 video on 1 lock? At least not as bad as masterlock eh?“ „Ehem, it’s not on 1 lock sir“ Boss: …
I used to open cheap locks like this in school with a paperclip and I know nothing about locks or picking. I had no idea you could still do this. (BTW, I'm 63 now so that was a long time ago.)
The Brinks so-called "High Security" lock was my introduction to lock picking and bypass. I was at CactusCon in 2016 going to a physical security talk. I had been interested in lock picking but had never done it before and the speaker asked for a volunteer who had never picked a lock before as he could show how easy this lock could be bypassed. I raised my hand, he called me up on stage and he said to me "just stick this tool in the keyway until it stops and turn it a little". I did as told, and it opened in 3 seconds. He gave me a free lockpick starter kit and I've been into this hobby ever since. Brinks High Security locks are terrible, but I have them to thank for me starting on this journey 7 years ago!
Somehow I dont get the feeling that Brinks has employed a single lock design engineer in decades. Just sell the same old crap over and over again and don't bother designing anything new or even just improving on the old designs. Wasted money when the outdated crap sells just fine.
Honestly at this point I'm not even a lock engineer and I figure if you just watch enough of these vids, make notes, Google some lock designs and mash it all togeather you could make the lock of all locks
Actually, I think it should be required training for every loss prevention associate at every major big box and discount store. "Oh, the Master Lock 875's on the tool cages are why we're losing inventory?"
What's really bad is, is that LPL is a lawyer by profession, the lock picking is just a hobby. So a hobbyists basically knows more than paid professionals.
I moved my sister home from college a couple weeks ago, and we bought a Brinks lock from Walmart to lock up the back of the moving truck. To bad this video wasn't out then, I would've chosen a different brand.
Im convinced the only locks worth their salt are Disc Detainer locks,,,,and even then you can't be sure it has a bypass...abus disc detainer? idk any other brands.
@diox8tony Abus Plus is the only one US consumers are ever likely to encounter, and even then, they'd have to seek it out. You won't find Abus in the big box stores, as far as I know.
You did fine for that. The average thief would not bother to pick the lock on the moving truck. They'd either see the lock and not bother. Or they'd likely just cut the lock off, something very easy with a battery or manual bolt cutter.
When we were little kids, we figured out that there were some locks you could shove a plastic army guy's bayonet down to open them. This lock could also be opened by a five year old
Checked run length and saw it was relatively short. Saw the thumbnail with six locks. Oh boy. But 35 seconds for six locks is the entertainment that we have come to appreciate here. Wonderful work sir.
I doubt it. This is bottom-rung merchandising; the trucks (which are what everyone thinks of when you say "Brinks") likely get proper care taken. Also, I'm pretty sure the truck crews are armed, so..
When I first started, this was what I had laying around. In addition to what you exposed, they are just extremely easy to pick. I used it to practice tensioning and feeling the pins, but none of that was really necessary. Even a friend of mine with no prior experience, had never watched your videos, managed to pick it on his first try.
@@givlupi2686 The average user doesn't even read that far. You could put "low security" and "very pickable" and at least half of people would still buy it.
It'd be interesting to see an overview video of how to attack something like a padlock that you don't already know what the easiest weakness is as a series of "troubleshooting" steps. So this bypass, shimming it, raking it, picking it, crescent wrench attack, cutting it, etc.
I would love to see a LPL padlock and door hardware with enough security features to not make attempts to secure stuff a joke. They already make decent tools (I've spent way too much in pursuit of my hobby), would be nice to find something non $600 that actually provides honest security.
I stumbled onto this when I picked this lock with the long end of a tension wrench for picking. You can do this with a simple piece of windshield wiper blade metal. The bypass for this can be found on any car parked on the street.
you know what? I had that thought too. When I watched it when it originally aired, seeing him break into houses, storage sheds, etc with ease, I was like, yeah ok, its for TV, i'll get over it. After seeing this guy on this channel, I am like, Dexter took too long. noob
@@chrissharples6542 I'm a hobby picker myself who picks maybe 3 hours a week, and have done so for 6 years. I can't begin to explain just how absurdly good LPL is with single pin picking. He has the finances to just purchase enough of the same type of lock that he can't remember them appart, and he also has the finances to do that with every type and brand of lock he fancies. On top of that I think he as abnormal sensitivity in his finger tips. Anyone who reaches half of LPL pick times is not a noob by any stretch of the word.
@@mhfuzzball the other ones he has shown with unshielded keyways he had to actually work on with a specialized tool. These are worse because any straight metal piece will be enough.
Took you longer to explain the vulnerability then it did to even demonstrate the vulnerability on six entire locks. I went back and timed it. It's just amazing that no one thought of such a simple bypass before sending these to market.
I'd really love to see a video of you highlighting locks that do things the right way. I know its tricky because you'd be recommending a product but not being compensated, but it would be SO helpful to make sure people are not locking valuables with a lock that can be beaten in less that 5 seconds..
I believe he may have done one already. IIRC, Bosnian Bill did a great one many years ago on actual high security locks. I believe he had them grouped by either price point or level of security, possibly both.
I knew from the moment he started talking about the security pins not mattering it was gonna be an unshielded keyway. These locks really are so predictable at this point, huh?
I am hoping that one day LPL will be able to regularly recommend locks of different brands sizes etc that I can actually buy for my household needs but at the moment that seems quite far from now…
Couple of years ago I needed a new front door knob and bought a Brinks. Three days after Installation the outside knob fell off while pulling the door shut. I knew then I'd never buy another Brinks product
Glad he mentions that this bypass doesn't even raise suspicion as the knife appears to look and function like a key to anyone out of arm's reach. You don't even need any sleight-of-hand to do this in full view of others provided they aren't the lock owner.
Notable that the packaging says Brinks is "A trusted name in security since 1859". It seems it's been about that long since they updated their security mechanisms.
Love that all it takes to fix this is a tiny piece of sheet metal at the back of the cylinder to prevent the bypass tool from getting back there. It would probably cost them less than 1 cent per lock to do
I like the "cut resistant 2,500 lbs" on the packaging. It sneakily suggests a lock that is extremely though, while the number is actually completely meaningless.
I have a bunch of these at home which I would pick for fun. I didn't think to check it they were shielded. I'm gonna have to check them when I get a chance.
No name locks are likely worse. It's not that a "name brand" doesn't mean anything, it's just that some knowns are known for high quality locks, and some are Brinks and MasterLock.
@@segamble1679 Maybe, maybe not. Branding is merely the construction of an idea within the social fabric, but need not link to anything actual beyond a set of products with a particular label on it. The START of a branding effort often entails some specific desirable aspect which can be price, availability, quality, appearance, uniqueness, consistency, and/or something(s) else. Unfortunately, many brands after being established simply USE whatever branding to take advantage of the perception that has been created. This gets back to my primary point of branding being a construction, but not necessarily about anything else once established.
I bought one of these the other day at Walmart for practice. Used a regular hook, pushed it to the back of the keyway, and pulled up for it to pop open immediately. At first, I thought maybe I was unlucky and picked one with a bunch of shallow pins and one long pin, but that wasn't the case, so I was confused. I'm new to this, so I didn't know about the "thing everyone knows about" that LPL was talking about at the beginning of the video. Glad I caught this video to find out why it was way too easy to open.
Methinks the brink was crossed long ago. The Brinks name is very likely owned by some soulless holding company. It's like "Central Machinery" or "Chicago Electric" brand
Brinks marketing: "These locks are high-security! They have security pins!" LPL: "That's stupid, I can completely bypass..." Brinks: "SECURITY PINS!!!"
I bought these to practice lockpicking funnily enough, they're very easy. The loose tolerances make feeling what's inside the lock INCREDIBLY easy, and they're effectively 3 pin locks with a single spool pin because one of the pins, i think number 4, doesn't actually need to be picked.
I picked up a key-shaped folding knife, mainly so I'd have a letter opener on me, but now I see I have the skeleton key for brinks locks (the blade looks very much the same as that tool)
I learned to pick on a lot of cheap padlocks. It's not a bad idea to try on almost any padlock you're unfamiliar with and want to open. I wouldn't resort to SPP on a new lock until I'd tried at least bypassing and raking. Works concerningly often. I had a beat up abus that lived outside for years that liked to kick my ass. Had a spool in it that loved to refuse to cooperate, the keyway was beyond tight, and even using the key it didn't rotate smoothly. Some of the best practice I ever got picking locks. I was only able to open it a few times before I stopped practicing regularly.
I just bought a Brinks lock because it was cheap and put on storage unit, slightly secured since they can see who goes in and out. Broke so had to go cheap but I guess thats why they can get away with being so cheap.
This is one of those products that benefit from that it is crazy cheap to make. Therefore it will be crazy cheap to buy. Praying on those who don't do research it. Is something at first glance that looks like a normal product
I have lock something like this on my detached garage. I just use it to prevent someone from being able to easily open the door, or an animal pushing it open.
Random question: why isn't there an independent institute that tests locks and gives out security ratings of pick and cut resistance, instead of manufacturers going: bro, this lock is super secure, trust us, we checked
Honestly, I have several brinks pad locks that are not only unshielded, but I can open with just a wave rake... no tension bar... just a rake. Even though they say they have security pins. But it doesn't matter what pins you use if the tolerances are so bad they don't even show up for work.
A short anecdote about why this is a problem: A few years ago when your channel was fairly young, I watched a videos. One of them was about a master lock padlock, which suffered from unshielded core. My father a couple years even further back has bought a master brand padlock for his tool shed. He had never questioned the lock and bought it at a big box store, and had it protecting his assets for years. One day out of pure curiosity after watching a couple videos on your channel I decided to try and pick this lock on his shed. He actually came out with me to see how resistant the lock was, thinking me with virtually no experience or training, had no chance of opening it up. I took my pick shoved it as far back as I could and rotated, and bam lock pops open. My father stands there in disbelief and I have the lock to him. He doesn’t use that lock anymore but not he relies on security cameras because he didn’t trust lock manufacturers.
If the Brinks brand is synonymous with 'easily bypassed', won't a thief actively target items secured by Brinks locks, knowing they can be breached so easily? In other words, if you scratch off the Brinks logo, you improve security.
After getting robbed: Police report: No sign of forces entry. Insurance company: Must have left unlocked no insurance for you. Just a joke. Idk shit about insurance
I think the tool is faster then using the key, you need to insert the key, turn it (which locks it in place) and get it out, this tool is way faster, and seeing these videos make me wonder if LPL even has keys or just a lockpick set with him all the time.
You don't need a knife pick, a short hook will work. Lay the lock horizontal with the pins towards you, insert the hook and slide it along the top side of the keyway until it stops, now push the pick away from you. You should hear a click - that's the locking bar closest to you (on the open end of the shackle) releasing, you're half way done now. Now push the pick to the bottom of the keyway, push in and down slightly, then pull the pick towards you - that will release the back locking bar. With a little practice it's faster than a key.
my first guess at 0:05 based on appearance (looks like Masterlock, with shinier blue part): Bypass Edit: yes but no :D I was expecting the bypass with the little hook at the end to turn something, not this one with just pushing it
Same here. "Hmm, bad lock? Wave rake? Nah, he has 6 of them, so comb? Oh no, he is going for the bypass hook. Oh, I see. This tool. The 'security of 5 years old diary' lock."
Holy chet! I thought they were bad before. I let my friends them as first time tries. One time I found someone using the hook pick upside down but they didn't struggle to open the Brinks lock.
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"He's gonna pick 6 locks in 1 minute, isn't he?"
30 seconds later:
"Sorry for the overestimation."
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He didn't pick a single lock.
@@anteshell No he didn't, he picked 6 locks, not a single one.
@@ConstitutionalFreedomFighter Technically, he didn't pick the lock - he bypassed the locking mechanism of 6 locks.
@@KnightRanger38 He stuck a metal object in the keyway and opened the lock, not sure what you definition is but that is "picking" the lock in my book. If you limit the term to just manipulating the pins, that's your problem.
Brinks could save a bunch of money by just including the knife tool with their locks instead of two keys. As an added good deal, it’s probably faster than using the keys.
That's what I was thinking too!
Like; Relax LPL! It's just a backup, in case you misplace the keys. 😆
yes, i bet they love the idea of "universal key, fits all our locks" lol
still waiting for new fingernail lock or something, where you are the key.. or perhaps a keyless lock you just need to tap twice to open? i bet they'd love that idea! it'd be very convenient to use! :>
They should make collab product with Covert Instruments 🤔
They could save even more money by just supplying a cable tie!
they could sell that as the "brinks master key"
I like how they have on the packaging "ALL LOCKS USE SAME KEY"
They just did not specify that the key is a shim and can be literally used on ALL LOCKS 😂
Technically correct.
@@acidhelm The best kind of correct.
Truth in Marketing
@@acidhelmwow you got the joke!!
Wait, so what does it mean "all locks use same key"? Can any brinks key work on any brinks lock? I can open papa johns lock 3 lockers over?
Brinks is an expression in Brazil that could translate to "joking", I think it's a fitting name for the company
they also make armored cars for banks which I hope are harder to unlock
Came here to say this
@@voltcorp
With the amount of Brinks vans I see around here, I sure hope so.
@@voltcorp picking resistance should be on par as their locks.
But generally, it's the bullet resistance that matters the most.
@@voltcorp look up the Brinks Matt robbery...UK back in the 🤔...was it sixties or seventies, can't remember....
Edit: I just did, it was the eighties, 1983
6 flukes in a row, holy sh*t - LPL should buy a Lottery ticket!
Yeah he didn’t add the classic “To show this wasn’t a fluke” line.
@@guarami1 Well, technically he has to open the same exact lock twice for me to take a drink during the 'not a fluke' game. I was saying to myself that I don't get to take a drink. But with me being sick with strep throat and the Canadian wildfire pollution covering the Northeast, drinking right now is probably not a good thing (I am taking antibiotics, so there's that rule I don't want break).
@@bikenylol thanks for the life story.
LOL I checked your comments on other videos and apparently you actually aren’t saying bullcrap on this one.
The most resistant security can be found in the packaging of a pair of scissors.
I've actually experienced this. 😂
So true!
teeth
Fails to scissors, but since thats what you were buying, it's unlikely that you have a pair.
Or socks even.
I find it annoying to get the label of and the socks apart, without damaging them.
Master Lock: Finally a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary.
That made me snort with laughing. :D
I bet they are relieved as hell right now.
Is it me or does it appear brinks contracted Master Lock to make these? How many laminated steel lock factories are there that make identical locks?
I've tested my masterlocks for this and as far as I can tell even they don't have this flaw. it's incredibly embarrassing.
This, sadly, is worse than masterlock. Even master lock uses shielded keyways. However, many can be shimmed instead, but not all of them. Most of the rest don't have security pins, so they can be picked very quickly.
for the record... brinks, in brazilian portuguese, is a slang for joking... when someone says "Tô de brinks" is roughly translated to "I'm joking" and with this brand it's kind of appropriate
Like "Nova", a model of car, didn't sell very well in other parts of the world because it translated to something along the lines of "don't run".
@@zerogrey3798 no va = "no go"
Brinks HQ: „Sir LPL released a video on our locks!“ Boss: „2:20 video on 1 lock? At least not as bad as masterlock eh?“ „Ehem, it’s not on 1 lock sir“ Boss: …
like they would give a single damn lol
Intern: He spent the first half the video talking
Boss: okay that's still a 1:10
Intern: and he spent half the remaining time opening 6 locks
I mean the locks are literally Masterlock Model 5 series but offbrand.
You know a lock is defeated when LPL opens 6 of them in 30 seconds.
It's not even worthy of the wave rake. That's remarkable.
I used to open cheap locks like this in school with a paperclip and I know nothing about locks or picking. I had no idea you could still do this. (BTW, I'm 63 now so that was a long time ago.)
You cant do that anymore, the technology has changed...paper clips got way worse.
@@segamble1679 Legislation like the Safety Paperclip Act of 1998 saved so many children
You can easily pick locks with a screwdriver and a paperclip. Just bend the paperclip to be shaped like a lockpick and push the pins up.
The Brinks so-called "High Security" lock was my introduction to lock picking and bypass. I was at CactusCon in 2016 going to a physical security talk. I had been interested in lock picking but had never done it before and the speaker asked for a volunteer who had never picked a lock before as he could show how easy this lock could be bypassed. I raised my hand, he called me up on stage and he said to me "just stick this tool in the keyway until it stops and turn it a little". I did as told, and it opened in 3 seconds. He gave me a free lockpick starter kit and I've been into this hobby ever since.
Brinks High Security locks are terrible, but I have them to thank for me starting on this journey 7 years ago!
As a Brazilian viewer It's funny because "brinks" is a slang for joking in Portuguese 😂
Ok, Nigeria is not gonna be accepted to BRICS, I guess
*Brazilian Portuguese. There, fixed that for you. In Portugal they don't use the "Brinks" expression....
"ta de brinks né?"
@@macario8836 Brasileiros são mais de 75% dos falantes de português, logo o português brasileiro é a regra, o português de Portugal é excessão
I found this out years ago. I even taught my brother, who has zero lock picking experience or knowledge, how to do it. He did it first try.
Watching a few dozen LPL videos should be required of all lock design engineers.
Somehow I dont get the feeling that Brinks has employed a single lock design engineer in decades.
Just sell the same old crap over and over again and don't bother designing anything new or even just improving on the old designs. Wasted money when the outdated crap sells just fine.
Honestly at this point I'm not even a lock engineer and I figure if you just watch enough of these vids, make notes, Google some lock designs and mash it all togeather you could make the lock of all locks
I wonder if there will be a lock that's sneeze resistant
Actually, I think it should be required training for every loss prevention associate at every major big box and discount store. "Oh, the Master Lock 875's on the tool cages are why we're losing inventory?"
What's really bad is, is that LPL is a lawyer by profession, the lock picking is just a hobby. So a hobbyists basically knows more than paid professionals.
As someone who works at brinks, and sees these locks sitting out everyday, I can't wait to show this to my colleagues lol.
Let us know how it went somehow!
wait... go to the reception room and collect a few bottles of champagne first
Any chance you can videotape the viewing party?
@@helloneighbor11 Video or it didn't happen!
@@helloneighbor11 Unfortunately no, I don't exactly work at the "lock manufacturing" part of Brinks and where I work camera aren't allowed so.
6 locks, 35 seconds to do so... Man I love these videos! Got me into lockpicking and helped with security in depth in my job! Keep up the great work.
When you see 6 locks in the thumbnail and the video last 2 minutes you know it’s going to be easy.
And it's past 1:10 and he didn't even start...
He picked them in 30 sec, 5 sec for each
Nah, it was all a fluke... He did not pick them the second time to prove otherwise. To be more precise, it was 6 flukes in a row! How lucky is that?
Now, kids, count with me! (a brightly colored number appears over each lock as it is shanked)
I moved my sister home from college a couple weeks ago, and we bought a Brinks lock from Walmart to lock up the back of the moving truck. To bad this video wasn't out then, I would've chosen a different brand.
Im convinced the only locks worth their salt are Disc Detainer locks,,,,and even then you can't be sure it has a bypass...abus disc detainer? idk any other brands.
@diox8tony Abus Plus is the only one US consumers are ever likely to encounter, and even then, they'd have to seek it out. You won't find Abus in the big box stores, as far as I know.
You did fine for that. The average thief would not bother to pick the lock on the moving truck. They'd either see the lock and not bother. Or they'd likely just cut the lock off, something very easy with a battery or manual bolt cutter.
When we were little kids, we figured out that there were some locks you could shove a plastic army guy's bayonet down to open them. This lock could also be opened by a five year old
Shucking oysters looks harder than opening those locks.
The keys on the shackles are a nice touch. BRINKS don't need to supply keys with their locks.
Great this is a lock that I use, next time I can't find my keys this will probably be faster than looking for them! Thanks LPL!
Checked run length and saw it was relatively short. Saw the thumbnail with six locks. Oh boy. But 35 seconds for six locks is the entertainment that we have come to appreciate here. Wonderful work sir.
i wonder if they use similar locking systems on their armoured money vehicles
Thought had just crossed my mind
...I will try to open an amored car, just playing a record of "This is the Lock Picking Lawyer...".
Ha ha ha
Asking for a friend, huh? 😏
I doubt it. This is bottom-rung merchandising; the trucks (which are what everyone thinks of when you say "Brinks") likely get proper care taken.
Also, I'm pretty sure the truck crews are armed, so..
@@ZeldaTheSwordsman You don't understand that Brinks armored trucks was a joke, do you?
When I first started, this was what I had laying around. In addition to what you exposed, they are just extremely easy to pick. I used it to practice tensioning and feeling the pins, but none of that was really necessary. Even a friend of mine with no prior experience, had never watched your videos, managed to pick it on his first try.
I really don't know why lock companies refuse to innovate when this man has over a thousand vids showing the many failings of locks
I think it is most locks are a safety feature, rather then a theft prevention.
Money. Until not innovating costs them, they won't.
The general public couldn't tell the difference
Your average joe believes lock packaging that says it's "unpickable"
@@givlupi2686 The average user doesn't even read that far. You could put "low security" and "very pickable" and at least half of people would still buy it.
It'd be interesting to see an overview video of how to attack something like a padlock that you don't already know what the easiest weakness is as a series of "troubleshooting" steps. So this bypass, shimming it, raking it, picking it, crescent wrench attack, cutting it, etc.
I would love to see a LPL padlock and door hardware with enough security features to not make attempts to secure stuff a joke. They already make decent tools (I've spent way too much in pursuit of my hobby), would be nice to find something non $600 that actually provides honest security.
I stumbled onto this when I picked this lock with the long end of a tension wrench for picking. You can do this with a simple piece of windshield wiper blade metal. The bypass for this can be found on any car parked on the street.
Finding the key hole was the only difficult part!
Isn’t that always the most difficult part?
@@YourPalQWERTY Is was for me, even in my younger days. Now, forget about it!
That’s what she said!
What are we talking about again? 😅
it is a problem when your key is so much larger than the key hole. Fortunately you can usually work your way through ...
Now I’m okay with the fact that dexter Morgan gets into locked rooms as if he had keys with him.
you know what? I had that thought too. When I watched it when it originally aired, seeing him break into houses, storage sheds, etc with ease, I was like, yeah ok, its for TV, i'll get over it. After seeing this guy on this channel, I am like, Dexter took too long. noob
@@chrissharples6542 I'm a hobby picker myself who picks maybe 3 hours a week, and have done so for 6 years. I can't begin to explain just how absurdly good LPL is with single pin picking. He has the finances to just purchase enough of the same type of lock that he can't remember them appart, and he also has the finances to do that with every type and brand of lock he fancies. On top of that I think he as abnormal sensitivity in his finger tips. Anyone who reaches half of LPL pick times is not a noob by any stretch of the word.
Now do it one more time so we know it wasn’t a fluke.
By the looks of it, it was a fluke... Well 6 flukes in a row.
@@mmazvis but 6 different padlocks
@@finmat95 yeah, 6 different flukes... in a row. You have to do each padlock twice so show its not a fluke.
@@mmazvis I agree
Ah, someone who agrees with me.
The LPL channel should be mandatory watching for those that design any lock. The point being mostly what *not* to do.
As soon as he said “they left the door open” I knew what he was going to do…
It was that or a comb. The fact that either of those still work at all is laziness.
I was actually expecting the American Lock vulnerability. This is slightly different.
@@mhfuzzball the other ones he has shown with unshielded keyways he had to actually work on with a specialized tool. These are worse because any straight metal piece will be enough.
Kinda bad when a lock leaves the door open...
I happen to have one of these brinks as well as a covert companion with the knife tool. Works perfectly!
The locks shown are part of the new line from Brinks. They had medium security, and high security. Now meet, the In Security model line.
Took you longer to explain the vulnerability then it did to even demonstrate the vulnerability on six entire locks.
I went back and timed it.
It's just amazing that no one thought of such a simple bypass before sending these to market.
Brinks should be forced to carry a link to this on their website 😁
LPL does it again. Lots of lessons to be learned here. Thanks.
cheers from rainy Vienna, Scott
I'd really love to see a video of you highlighting locks that do things the right way. I know its tricky because you'd be recommending a product but not being compensated, but it would be SO helpful to make sure people are not locking valuables with a lock that can be beaten in less that 5 seconds..
I believe he may have done one already. IIRC, Bosnian Bill did a great one many years ago on actual high security locks. I believe he had them grouped by either price point or level of security, possibly both.
I know a Brazilian lock maker with this exactly issue for more than 20 years
I knew from the moment he started talking about the security pins not mattering it was gonna be an unshielded keyway. These locks really are so predictable at this point, huh?
Would be great if some companies did better. It’s all just branding and marketing crap to us.
Love watching your videos. I have a question for you. Do you ever hear back from these companies?? If so what is the general replay??
Paclock Prez says whatsup sometimes. He's cool and informative.
Thank you for sharing.
I am hoping that one day LPL will be able to regularly recommend locks of different brands sizes etc that I can actually buy for my household needs but at the moment that seems quite far from now…
If memory serves correctly he does like pac-lock.
Couple of years ago I needed a new front door knob and bought a Brinks. Three days after Installation the outside knob fell off while pulling the door shut. I knew then I'd never buy another Brinks product
Petition to make the unit of disappointment "the angry way LPL put down that tool on top of half a dozen defeated locks"
Glad he mentions that this bypass doesn't even raise suspicion as the knife appears to look and function like a key to anyone out of arm's reach. You don't even need any sleight-of-hand to do this in full view of others provided they aren't the lock owner.
The fact that all of these locks are susceptible to the same bypass, and they all take just about the same amount of time to pick, is terrifying.
They are all the same lock
Notable that the packaging says Brinks is "A trusted name in security since 1859". It seems it's been about that long since they updated their security mechanisms.
He did the first lock, then "not a fluked" it 5 more times. Yes, I'm using "not a fluke" as a verb.
Flukn't
This is fluckin' hilarious
What the fluke are you doing?!? 😂
Love that all it takes to fix this is a tiny piece of sheet metal at the back of the cylinder to prevent the bypass tool from getting back there. It would probably cost them less than 1 cent per lock to do
I like the "cut resistant 2,500 lbs" on the packaging. It sneakily suggests a lock that is extremely though, while the number is actually completely meaningless.
Gorillas can swing from our locks 😂
The lock companies advertise the strong points of their locks, the thieves exploit their weak points.
LPL love what you do, thanks!
Brinks: How many of our locks can you open in 30 seconds?
LPL: Yes
It’s absolutely astonishing these lock companies continue to refuse fixing the security flaws in their products.
The consumers keep enabling them. Ignorance is cheap, apparently.
50 seconds to open 6 pad locks, and he didn't even hurry, that says it all.
@@apegrasshoplizard I took it from when he picked up the first lock at 1:03 to the last to open at 1:53.
@@Toobeegort He didn't pick up the first lock till 1:09 and the last lock was opened by 1:42.
I have a bunch of these at home which I would pick for fun. I didn't think to check it they were shielded. I'm gonna have to check them when I get a chance.
This should be a wake up call for those that think a brand name means quality.
No name locks are likely worse. It's not that a "name brand" doesn't mean anything, it's just that some knowns are known for high quality locks, and some are Brinks and MasterLock.
@@segamble1679 Maybe, maybe not.
Branding is merely the construction of an idea within the social fabric, but need not link to anything actual beyond a set of products with a particular label on it.
The START of a branding effort often entails some specific desirable aspect which can be price, availability, quality, appearance, uniqueness, consistency, and/or something(s) else.
Unfortunately, many brands after being established simply USE whatever branding to take advantage of the perception that has been created. This gets back to my primary point of branding being a construction, but not necessarily about anything else once established.
I bought one of these the other day at Walmart for practice. Used a regular hook, pushed it to the back of the keyway, and pulled up for it to pop open immediately. At first, I thought maybe I was unlucky and picked one with a bunch of shallow pins and one long pin, but that wasn't the case, so I was confused. I'm new to this, so I didn't know about the "thing everyone knows about" that LPL was talking about at the beginning of the video. Glad I caught this video to find out why it was way too easy to open.
I guess Brinks are on the BRINK of destruction.
... I'll see myself out.
Methinks the brink was crossed long ago. The Brinks name is very likely owned by some soulless holding company. It's like "Central Machinery" or "Chicago Electric" brand
Crazy, how you can watch even his routine
evolve with every lock here
In Brazil, there is a saying that is "tá de brinks?" Which means "are you joking?". so brinks, tá de brinks?
***sigh***
THANKS LPL.
You sir are a gem.
Brinks marketing: "These locks are high-security! They have security pins!"
LPL: "That's stupid, I can completely bypass..."
Brinks: "SECURITY PINS!!!"
I bought these to practice lockpicking funnily enough, they're very easy. The loose tolerances make feeling what's inside the lock INCREDIBLY easy, and they're effectively 3 pin locks with a single spool pin because one of the pins, i think number 4, doesn't actually need to be picked.
I picked up a key-shaped folding knife, mainly so I'd have a letter opener on me, but now I see I have the skeleton key for brinks locks (the blade looks very much the same as that tool)
🤣🤣🤣
I learned to pick on a lot of cheap padlocks. It's not a bad idea to try on almost any padlock you're unfamiliar with and want to open. I wouldn't resort to SPP on a new lock until I'd tried at least bypassing and raking. Works concerningly often. I had a beat up abus that lived outside for years that liked to kick my ass. Had a spool in it that loved to refuse to cooperate, the keyway was beyond tight, and even using the key it didn't rotate smoothly. Some of the best practice I ever got picking locks. I was only able to open it a few times before I stopped practicing regularly.
I just bought a Brinks lock because it was cheap and put on storage unit, slightly secured since they can see who goes in and out. Broke so had to go cheap but I guess thats why they can get away with being so cheap.
6 locks opened in 31 seconds. It's a new record for LPL!
And that includes more time picking up and putting down locks than it does actually opening them. Actual pick time, maybe two seconds each.
@@simongeard4824 I think that the most time consuming part was looking for the keyhole. He struggled a bit on the third lock, see 1:24.
@@simonspacek3670 How bad is it when finding the keyhole slows an attacker down more than the actual lock does?
if this is the same Brinks as those armored money trucks, they must be surprisingly easy to break in to 🤔🤔
Can you do it twice? Might have been a fluke😅
Two minutes, six locks and still his polite intro and outro. What a great day, for me, Brinks, DO BETTER.
I literally emailed a video like this years ago to brinks when I discovered that this still existed in their locks after even master fixed it.
This is one of those products that benefit from that it is crazy cheap to make. Therefore it will be crazy cheap to buy. Praying on those who don't do research it. Is something at first glance that looks like a normal product
aren't these all shimmable as well? Doesn't look like ball bearing locking mechanism, looks like a bar to me at least
that was my guess, but he went a better way
I have lock something like this on my detached garage. I just use it to prevent someone from being able to easily open the door, or an animal pushing it open.
Well, a racoon with a bypass tool would get in anyway. Sneaky little bastards…..
Master lock “we make the worst locks ever”. Brinks “ hold my beer”
“This is a brinks laminated padlock. It can be opened using a brinks laminated padlock”
Random question: why isn't there an independent institute that tests locks and gives out security ratings of pick and cut resistance, instead of manufacturers going: bro, this lock is super secure, trust us, we checked
You're watching it!
There are ... at least in Europe.
It would probably organized and funded by lock making companies, and they would just pay to get a good rating, like the Better Business Bureau.
@@segamble1679 That would be the American "solution".
@@apveening It would be. It's our "solution" for everything else.
Honestly, I have several brinks pad locks that are not only unshielded, but I can open with just a wave rake... no tension bar... just a rake. Even though they say they have security pins. But it doesn't matter what pins you use if the tolerances are so bad they don't even show up for work.
6 locks in 30 sec that has to be a new record
A short anecdote about why this is a problem:
A few years ago when your channel was fairly young, I watched a videos. One of them was about a master lock padlock, which suffered from unshielded core.
My father a couple years even further back has bought a master brand padlock for his tool shed. He had never questioned the lock and bought it at a big box store, and had it protecting his assets for years.
One day out of pure curiosity after watching a couple videos on your channel I decided to try and pick this lock on his shed. He actually came out with me to see how resistant the lock was, thinking me with virtually no experience or training, had no chance of opening it up.
I took my pick shoved it as far back as I could and rotated, and bam lock pops open. My father stands there in disbelief and I have the lock to him.
He doesn’t use that lock anymore but not he relies on security cameras because he didn’t trust lock manufacturers.
If the Brinks brand is synonymous with 'easily bypassed', won't a thief actively target items secured by Brinks locks, knowing they can be breached so easily? In other words, if you scratch off the Brinks logo, you improve security.
Wow.
Opened faster than with the key !
LPL, do you have a giant excel sheet to catalogue your lock collection?
Nothing less than a MariaDB Galera cluster would suffice.
@@dogcarman I had to look that up. I agree.
It's crap like this why I don't trust companies like Brinks, not to lock a door and certainly not to protect my home.
After getting robbed:
Police report: No sign of forces entry.
Insurance company: Must have left unlocked no insurance for you.
Just a joke. Idk shit about insurance
It'd be interesting to see a lock designed by you. With all your experience you should be able to produce something VERY safe for the public
it takes more time to insert the pick into the keyway than picking the lock - good job Brinks
I think the tool is faster then using the key, you need to insert the key, turn it (which locks it in place) and get it out, this tool is way faster, and seeing these videos make me wonder if LPL even has keys or just a lockpick set with him all the time.
Guaranteed he never uses keys, even on all his own keyways.
You don't need a knife pick, a short hook will work. Lay the lock horizontal with the pins towards you, insert the hook and slide it along the top side of the keyway until it stops, now push the pick away from you. You should hear a click - that's the locking bar closest to you (on the open end of the shackle) releasing, you're half way done now. Now push the pick to the bottom of the keyway, push in and down slightly, then pull the pick towards you - that will release the back locking bar. With a little practice it's faster than a key.
Can you make a video where you get into a Brinks truck by hitting it with tiny hammer?
This looks like sneezing in its general direction might already unlock all the doors and start the engine.
Dude, that was quicker than raking a Master Lock even!
my first guess at 0:05 based on appearance (looks like Masterlock, with shinier blue part): Bypass
Edit: yes but no :D I was expecting the bypass with the little hook at the end to turn something, not this one with just pushing it
Same here. "Hmm, bad lock? Wave rake? Nah, he has 6 of them, so comb? Oh no, he is going for the bypass hook. Oh, I see. This tool. The 'security of 5 years old diary' lock."
Holy chet! I thought they were bad before. I let my friends them as first time tries. One time I found someone using the hook pick upside down but they didn't struggle to open the Brinks lock.
Hey LPL, please design the best cylinder & padlock in the world!
Been waiting for that one for some time.
And here I thought we were on the brink of improvement... more like the brinks of failure.
I suppose Brinks rhymes with Master Lock