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Oct 4, 2021

It’s Ridiculously Easy to Pick Some Smart Deadbolts, But We Aren’t Alarmed

There’s a moment in every decent movie or TV thriller when the protagonist finds a locked door and, without pausing, whips out a credit card, or a bobby pin, or maybe a tidy, leather-bound lock-picking kit. With a few expert wiggles, the door gives way, and we viewers happily accept this absurd little trope—as if it could ever be that easy to pick a lock.

Except sometimes it is that easy. And picking a lock may not be the big deal that it seems (more on that below).

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