I work in office furniture install, and generally people don’t know that when they lock their desk drawers and file cabinets, someone like me can have it open in seconds with very basic hand tools like a screwdriver, etc and leave no evidence that I was in there.
Same goes for anything “locked” with a zipper that still moves. One can open the zipper with a pen, go through your belongings without you knowing, then close it back up with the zipper. Atleast buy a case with zippers that lock into place.
Yesterday I had to open a couple of cabinets at work after the keys went missing. I only watched a few YouTube videos and I figured how to open them with my Swiss army knife.
The first one took over an hour. The rest of them took a few seconds. I was amazed how easy it was.
Yes, it was a chest freezer with one of those little filing cabinet locks. It genuinely never occurred to mum that her eight year old could pick it with her hairpin.
I work in office furniture install, and generally people don’t know that when they lock their desk drawers and file cabinets, someone like me can have it open in seconds with very basic hand tools like a screwdriver, etc and leave no evidence that I was in there.
Locks keep honest people honest and that’s about it
Exactly,. and I get calls all the time people have lost their keys etc, and you should see their faces when they see how fast I get in lol
“Hello, I’m the lock picking lawyer, and today we’re looking at a lock for a file cabinet”
Same goes for anything “locked” with a zipper that still moves. One can open the zipper with a pen, go through your belongings without you knowing, then close it back up with the zipper. Atleast buy a case with zippers that lock into place.
Yesterday I had to open a couple of cabinets at work after the keys went missing. I only watched a few YouTube videos and I figured how to open them with my Swiss army knife.
The first one took over an hour. The rest of them took a few seconds. I was amazed how easy it was.
The locks are just an illusion of security lol
Yes illusion, not tricks like what whore does for money.
Yeah, like the guy with a $3,000 suit is gonna open a drawer
Not quite an illusion, but they’re more of an inconvenience than a true barrier.
They often reuse the same keys a LOT.
Some of the most common ones that fit a bunch of stuff are: Ch751, C415A.
You could also just buy a bunch on eBay, Amazon or whatever.
Locks are to keep your friends out. If you don’t trust the shittiest dude in your building, don’t leave your stuff in your office.
I figured out one of those locks when I was eight. Used to unlock the freezer with a paperclip
The freezer had a lock?
*grew up in a family of serial killers collecting frozen corpses
Disconcertingly close to the truth tbh.
Yes, it was a chest freezer with one of those little filing cabinet locks. It genuinely never occurred to mum that her eight year old could pick it with her hairpin.
I’ve never seen a freezer with a lock. Seems strange.
Yep. Most mass produced office desk have the most bullshit wafer locks.
That’s why I only leave company property in my desk drawers overnight.
You are smart, if you leave a stash there somebody like me would have it