When he read out the line "our designers took the opportunity to cement Master Lock's reputation as an industry innovator", I was expecting a lock encased in cement!
LPL: picked a lock LPL: damage the employee morale LPL: Do it again with invisible lock LPL: refuse to elaborate further to not dealing more damage to employee morale LPL: *Fly away*
As a young and curious kid "about 8 years old" I attempted to replicate what I've seen in movies when they pick locks. My target was a masterlock. I took one of my sisters Bobby pins and just raked it all around the keyway as a complete novice would do. It opened to my surprise. So in a nutshell, even an 8 year old can pick a masterlock.
As a young kid, I got curious about our neighbor's padlock that used those rotating knobs for password. I wasn't trying to rob them or anything, just was bored and started playing with it when no one was around. I was just dialing random numbers for a couple of minutes, when I noticed that some digits felt a bit different when you dial them. I knew absolutely nothing about locks, but just for fun, I set all the knobs to the digits that somehow felt different to me. And the lock opened. I actually got very scared as if I committed a crime, and ran away. I never got in trouble for that, so it's just a fun memory now.
As a kid I had a box for money (what is it called? idk) and it had a really cheap lock on it. I used to open it with the pin of my belt always, because I had lost the key :D
BROOOO after watching you for years i just noticed what a damn genius you are. 1: Make videos showcasing how to open locks, 2: Sell lock picking kits 3: Coustomer gets arrested but already knows a Lawyer... Thats just printing money at this point
There was one innovation that slowed LPL down though: the tactic of providing an interesting introductory letter slowed LPL down by 90 seconds. I'm going to up my security game by sticking "Dear LPL" notes on all my locks from now on, I feel safer already... .
The fact that LPL had to use a pink piece of tape to not lose the lock definitely proves this is the most advanced of locks from Master Lock, incredible
Would be a good April Fools prank on any other channel, but LPL's April Fools videos are always what appear to be lock picking videos that are completely stuffed with subtle innuendos and dick jokes yet delivered entirely deadpan.I have no idea how he manages that.
@J Boss What are you on about? He clearly explains the lock's flaw in a lot of his vids. There was even a lock company who improved their design based on his suggestions.
@J Boss Except he's not destroying anything here he's dismantling it with finesse and skill. You don't need to be a world class chef to know when food tastes like shit and you don't need to be a lock manufacturer to teach people when they're getting ripped off on security.
can't wait for the sequel where he opens with"this is the lockpickinglawyer and i just received a letter from the president of masterlock issuing me a cease and desist order"
The response is "show cause." It needs to have a reason why the cease and desist is not valid. "I picked your lock in under ten seconds. Show cause that anyone should think this is a security device."
I'm actually surprised a lock was included. I was expecting the joke to be an "invisible lock". The cammo tape was a great visual gag and I'm glad they went that route rather than my lazy gag expectations.
That wasn't camo tape, that was actually painted on the lock and came from the manufacturer that way. I suspect someone saw the camo MasterLock and had a great laugh and wanted to share the ludicrousness with us all.
@@Alskaskan I honestly wasn't paying close attention the first viewing because it was obviously a joke. The way it curves around the edges at a glance looked something like the cheap cammo duct tape I've seen at Walmart, and the bunching of black at the bottom at 1:45 looked like a haphazard taping job. While typing this comment, I looked it up and it is actually a cheap plastic shell that pops off. Amazon has them marked down to $9 from $14. The reviews are not great, referring to the cammo and weatherproofing not holding up well. There aren't any LPL related comments yet but sadly people will probably spam it with those in time.
This might be one of Master Lock's greatest creations. LPL had to use real lockpicking tools instead of improvised things made from stuff like ballpoint pens and LEGO pieces.
You gotta love how smug the "MasterLock President" was in the letter, only to have the special project with a generous budget get picked in under 3 seconds... Twice. XD
Well, LL was cheating here - the real challenge was finding the lock, which he did off-screen. It's like starting a video on an actual (non-MasterLock) lock with all pins already picked, where all you need to do is turn the lock!
Based on how the letter was worded I assumed they didn't actually send a lock at all. But he still wanted something to pick for the video (for obvious reasons) so he found a lock that could fit the theme.
My daughter has a Master Lock combination lock that she didn't have the combo for. You inspired me to learn how to figure out the combo and when I got it on the first try, her head nearly exploded. 😂😂
That saying has always been flawed to me. Because a truly honest person wouldn’t take something that’s not theirs regardless of whether it was locked or not. What it really comes down to is making it an inconvenience for your average thief. Sure LPL can open just about every bike lock he’s shown on here in seconds, but your average bike thief can’t pick any locks and will instead cut through chains, so getting a lock that is harder to cut is the best way to go.
@@morningxafter You are missing the true intent of the saying. It isn't really about the locks, it is saying that people are only honest until they are given an easy way to be dishonest.
@@yunofun This is so true, I’ve known a number of people that in general are honest, but if you leave something that’s easily stolen, they will take it, that’s why my grandpa always said “the only thing you need to know to protect yourself and your stuff, is never trust anyone,” I know that going through life with the mentality may not be a pleasant thing to do, but unfortunately it’s the only way to save yourself from getting screwed
Opening the lock using the wave rake took him about 2 seconds. Resetting the lock for the second attempt took him 7 seconds. The rest was just the standard finishing sentence "That's all I have for you today..." So, the 3 minute video contained a full 4 seconds of lock picking.
Thank you for putting the pink tape on the lock. Without it, I would have not seen the lock at all. Again, thank you so much for placing that tape so us viewers can see what we were looking at
When the letter said "Cement", I quite agree that would be the way to prevent or slow down LPL picking. Pour Cement in to the lock or put the lock in to Cement.
Would have been a solid 10/10 joke if they didn’t include a lock whatsoever, then claimed that it was included and he couldn’t find it because it was so well-camouflaged. Can’t pick a lock to embarrass your company if you don’t include one lol
@@poopconsumer1234 I agree with you. On paper, the idea of an empty box might be funnier but as proven by the comment section, that is pretty much what everybody expected (myself included) so the camo-lock is actually a nice subversion of that. The guy who sent it in was clearly one step ahead of us.
Thank you for adding the pink tape, it was the only way I managed to spot where the lock was in the video! Very clever of them to make the lock invisible though
Im so glad you put the tape there. With the luck being invisibile I couldn't see most of the action, but seeing the tape float around is why i believe you when you talk about managing to pick it
It the worst thing they can do. Most people wouldn't know Lockpicking Lawyer (which is good for Master Lock), the curious one would search for him and found this channel and see how bad Master Lock's pick resistance are.
LMFAO. just to get back at him, a lot of people would think: this is a great affiliation! the lockpicking lawyer! that sounds important! the rest of people would know to avoid
@@ulrichkalber9039 They probably don't know about the Streisand Effect, this channel, or how locks work. They've probably been spitting out the same exact core for many decades without realizing that someone could design a different one. They hear "wafer core" and they go, "oh, no thanks, I'm not hungry." They hear "disc detainer" and they go "oh no, we're not wealthy enough to have retainers." I think you grossly overestimate Master Lock.
Multiple lock companies have requested that he cease and desist yes. Scroll back through his videos to his appearance in a conference earlier this year. He made very clear what his opinion on that line was.
@@FunBunChuck Its a corporation with one goal in mind, to make money. Master lock doesn't care anything about security as long as they keep their huge market share. I doubt they even design locks to any degree rebranding locks China comes up with instead. No my friend they are doing very well and they have no embarrassment, shame or intention to change thing one. The water is fine
I thought LPL would show the empty table and say: "OK, here's your picked lock, can't you see it? It's because the camouflage coating is the only thing that works well."
I have fewer than 1 friend in the World. That's right. Everybody disses me for making bad videos. I think they are perfect though. Who is right? My dissers or me? Which side are you on, dear do
Suffering from extreme eyesight challenges, the obscurity factor of this particular episode left me with only the reading of the letter to entertain me. I have to take everyone's word on it that his fiddling around with the usual LPL Weapons of MasterLock Destruction was an attack on an otherwise invisible securing mechanism.
In summation: “This is a joke letter sent by a fan and isn’t actually from Masterlock, but allow me to continue just a bit longer and further humiliate and embarrass them in front of millions of viewers for the millionth time anyway.” 😂
From now on, I'll include a horrendously long cease and desist letter with all my locks. As a lawyer, he would be unable to go past without reading thoroughly, giving me enough time to replace his lock picks with tooth picks.
When the letter had the word "cemented", I was expecting a lock with only the shackle exposed, and the lock with cement poured around it. Great video as always
I wish I had access to one, but we used extremely heavy duty and NSA certified locks when I was in the military. I'd love to see you attempt picking one of those as when a key was damaged for one of the locks, the contracted locksmith had to use a plasma cutter to cut the lock off the cage.
Normally, DSS and the military do not like keyed locks. The combo locks cost a lot of money, and require a certified locksmith. Well worth it, because on a safe, the digital locks have a timeout preventing a lock spinner from cranking away for 24 hrs or more to crack the combo. I had a 2-drawer Mosler which we donated to a museum.
@@overeducated1786 Our safe had the typical spinning lock, but the cages we stored equipment were key-based. Of course, this was back in 2000. Still though, they were some pretty hefty locks.
I was 90% expecting LPL to set the letter aside (with the lock laying on the table underneath it) and then say something like “Well, I’m not sure if they simply forgot to include the lock, but the only thing I found in the package was this letter.”
Then that would mean MasterLock was successful when they said "good luck finding it" which means they beat LPL at the game. It is much funnier how LPL presented it.
Master Lock: "but there was no impersonator.. that was our best lock." LPL: "Ok folks, that was a good joke, kind of like every master lock I come across."
He was sent this cause he doesn’t openly explain master locks flaws and roast each and every one of their locks also he’s just free advertising for them with his mostly little kid fan base
You know, I have been watching your videos for a while now. The more I watch, the more vulnerable I feel. I’m going to start replacing all locks with armed guards with K-9 patrols. I love your videos, great educational videos, a eye opener for sure. Keep on doin you sir!
“Our finest engineers” - dead giveaway it’s a viewer’s letter. 👍 I’m waiting for the Masterlock that opens just by inserting the turning lever in .025.
Yet here you are commenting on multiple posts. If you don't enjoy the content then why return? I of course understand that by replying to you I've in fact given you the attention you seek but I just could not help myself. Weakness of will equal to your weakness of thought I suppose.
Can't believe all of you fall for this. There's no denying his skill but he has already researched and picked the lock ahead of time. When he's on video it all looks so quick.
@@moondog3056 he's literally picking this lock the same way he's picked hundreds of locks before. what would picking it beforehand do him? decrease his masterlock lockpick speedrun time by 20 milliseconds?
McNally somehow just jiggles 6 different locks, knowingly with the wrong pick and gets them open. He makes just about every single lock look like scrap metal, could yall do some kind of collab? That'd be awesome.
I love how he jokingly went along that he's blind by saying he had to "have his seeing eye dog find it and then put on hot pink tape so he wouldn't lose it again"
The Master Lock President when he sees this video: "Yes, just a joke from an impersonator...Hahaha! Um, that's right. We would never be foolish enough to believe that would've worked.... hehe.... :("
I would've expected "no" lock, as in, the lock is completely invisible. But then LPL saying it isn't an issue and as you can "not" see, the lock has already been opened. Then demonstrates the empty table.
Heck, my front door is invisible. I have come home to many unconscious burglars who have hit their heads on my door thinking they could just waltz right in.
I love how it took him longer to read the letter and explain how he opened it than it actually took him to pick it. What he should do is have a little box in the corner of the video with another video of him reputably opening the lock just so we can see how many times he can open it in the time it takes for the main video to end XD
LOL - That opening sentence alone proves this was a joke... and a bloody good one at that! I would have put "and we have consulted the finest NASA cosmologists" in there somewhere.
Jim Browning & LPL would be the most dangerous duo in the world. JB: "That's a nice shirt. I'm outside your house." LPL: "Now let's see if we can't get past this lock."
@@prashil3k594 Jim Browning makes content exposing scammers and such. He pulls a switcheroo on them and tells them he can see them in their call centers, and works with law enforcement to stop such scammers
"He'll break into your house with the flick of his hands -- He'll hack your computers and expose your deepest secrets... together they're an unstoppable duo! You can't run and you can't hide from the Lock Picking Lawyer and Jim Browning Show!"
At this point, I’m convinced that the LPL could open all the Masterlocks within his vicinity just by putting out a thought signal like Aquaman used to summon fish in those 1970s cartoons.
LPL is highly skilled, but that's not why he gets Master Locks open so easily. They're just that bad. My brother could text me and tell me his 5 year old daughter picked one and I'd believe it.
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