LockPickingLawyer: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "[1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Made Here", hN points to it in lock-security threads as a good example of engineering meeting real-world exploitation, where flaws unrelated to the headline mechanism get found.
- 5 HN recommenders 3 months 2021–2022demoHN points to it in lock-security threads as a good example of engineering meeting real-world exploitation, where flaws unrelated to the headline mechanism get found.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2021–2022demoNamed as a favorite LPL video, where a skeptical locksmith's challenge gets answered quickly.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2018–2025demoUsed to illustrate that fire safes protect against fire and not theft, and that brute force often defeats low-security containers.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2020–2024demoHN points to it whenever gallium or liquid metal comes up, as a vivid demonstration of gallium destroying aluminum.
- cited 3× 0 months 2020–2023demoUsed in bike-lock discussions as evidence that the LiteLok is weak, and a reminder that LPL reviews are a trusted benchmark for lock security.
- cited 4× 0 months 2019–2022demoCited as an example of poor-quality knockoff products sold on Amazon, not recommended as a watch.
- cited 3× 0 months 2023–2025demoReferenced in security threads as proof that tamper-evident seals and stickers can be bypassed.
Questions
Which LockPickingLawyer video does Hacker News recommend most?
[1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Made Here: recommended in 3 different months by 5 HN users between 2021 and 2022.
Is this every LockPickingLawyer video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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