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		jbs789 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the loc... Sounds like the guy had rude awakening that his lock wasn’t as good as he thought it was. Another way of responding to this is… to improve the lock? Could even explore a positive collaborative social media campaign promoting the new lock. Ship has sailed now…

jeroenhd 3 days ago [–]

There were locks that were secure against this attack, but they're more expensive. The cheaper locks vulnerable to this attack probably still makes them a load of money, though.

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