Huh. Don't think I've ever seen a hotel room WITHOUT a safe. They all have the same flimsy looking piece of junk, though the one in this video looks a lot nicer than the ones in used to seeing in the budget places I stay, lol.
I'm just curious whether he 1. Shot the video from the hotel room (would explain the camera angle) 2. Took the room safe home with him, or 3. Bought an identical one after the fact (would explain having the manual) Pretty sure it isn't 2, but not impossible.
That is hilarious. Did nobody even bother to check anything out before they started using such an easy to open safe? Even a gun store will tell you thats not safe.
@@LrulestheworldM8 'certification' extortion rackets. "Hur dur pay us 5000$ to get this certification or we ban you!". If someone earns money, they shut up.
I'm still waiting for the video where it is* a fluke. Maybe for one of his April fool's day videos he could rig it so it jiggles open the first time then doesn't the second.
LPL: It's rare to find a hotel safe that doesn't have some vulnerabilty Mesa: YES, WE DID IT! LPL: This one has two that I think are critical Mesa: oh, nevermind :(
I have to assume many of these are borrowed or bought and then quickly resold. I'm sure he has quite the collection of locks, but it seems impossible that he'd spend as much money and fill as much storage space as it would take to buy every product he features and keep it forever.
@@TheDrCN i imagine him having a big wide storage room filles with shelves, he finishes a video, takes out a card with the video's number on it, puts it on the shelf and the number below it. That would be very neat
I second that notion! I'm unfortunately doubtful it will happen. The most glaring problems of having LPL be part of a lock company are at least two fold. First, it would be so difficult to find someone who could design a commercial product capable of withstanding the exceptional skill of one of the world's most talented lock pickers that product development would take forever. Second, by the time his products finally hit the market, the average consumers would never be able to afford them because they would need to be so precise and specialized they would have to cost a small fortune.
The biggest problem with that is that security is only as good as the weakest link. So making a better lock will just cause thieves to bypass it with brute force.
its one skillset to pick locks, but another to engineer one. at least "Stuff Made Here" is making a attempt that LPL has said he will give feedback on with a video
Default overrides are an example of "security by obscurity" with minimal obscurity where these are in the manual. The bolts holding the cover on appear to be the primary security method for the manual override :)
In a heavily-hotelled area like the Las Vegas Strip, i think you can practically rely on any in-room safes being compromised. When you have three to four thousand rooms, each with a safe, you’re much more likely to either have them all at factory default settings or all of them set to the same override; with that getting ‘sold’ to potential burglars (mostly housekeeping that gets a little something on the side) a ‘smart’ place might have an override code for each individual floor. A ‘really paranoid’ place might actually have a different override for each room; and have a ‘master book’ in the main office to reference for each time it’s needed. Don’t count on anyplace being that paranoid.
This channel became more entertaining than teaching. I do not reduce the level of information the LPL provides, the way he delivers it, and the quality of what we learn. I'm referring to the absurd day-to-day fake safety so many companies sell us, the consumers, believing this will protect us from a bad person. Just pathetic. Love the channel.
I agree. When he inserted just the tip of the jiggler into the lock I was thinking, wow, this requires jiggling all the way in... and then the lock immediately turned open with just the tip of the jiggler in the lock.
Reminds me of what my dad told me growing up. After having my bike lock cut, I looked at my dad and all he told me was "Locks are only their to keep honest people honest." I learned that if someone really wants something, anything can be stolen. You can however make it extremely difficult to do and not worth the time and effort.
I love how honest you are about a lock or security product that you evaluate I can trust in my home security knowing what I have learned over the years of watching ur vids
So this is why Black Mesa is having a catastrophic event... Oh wait wrong company I wouldn't trust stuffs in hotels that much anyway, especially the hotel where they didn't even change the bed sheet after a guest checks out
Pretty much the same goes for wireless routers. Probably more so. What are the odds those in charge of a few hundred safes in a hotel change the defaults? Low, but not insignificant due to liability, etc. What are the odds a random person changes the admin password of their router? "LOL"
I rather doubt it here in England, one simply replaces "is" with the ability modal "could be" and voila the notice has been disarmed to read "Caution: this safe could be booby-trapped, but perhaps today's your lucky day..." Problem solved.
It's good to see that this black Mesa safe offers such an unprecedented level of security. It would be perfect for storing our nonstandard specimen before it could be inserted into the analysis port.
I guess they're more of a deterrent than an actual safe, since if someone finds their stuff missing from it, all the hotel administration needs to do is check who did room service for your room that day.
Brilliant, I will trust things of value on my person or in a safe I bring myself. I am happy to pay the extra fee for luggage if it keeps my items safe.
If it still has a default overide code, anyone could look up the default for the safe. If it's changed, then at least only staff would know possibly only senior staff.
I'm not even into locks or picking,just love this show,by far one of my favs.found it when I was looking for reviews on a fingerprint gun lock that LPL disabled in like 2 seconds.
Here is a security layer you can add to your hotel room: Put a do not disturb sign on the door and travel with a blow up doll. Hotel staff know not to enter rooms with DND sign on the door and even when they walk in a see what looks like a sleeping human in bed ( Blow up doll) they always apologize and leave immediately.
I find these videos more satisfying than the regular lockpicking ones now... I´m stunned, really by how easily we adapt. Remember twenty years ago? then ppl relied on the "Hotel safe" - which some dude in the reception area made use of. This is probably on the same level. I think it is cool that LPL points it out, but whichever the case, I would bust the hotels balls about it.
The more I watch this channel, the more I think the purpose of hotel safes are so that the thieves don't wreck the hotel room searching for guests' valuables.
You forgot to mention to check the final security feature of a hotel safe: how well it is bolted down. I've seen some hotel safes that were barely attached to thin closet shelves with weak screws that would make it easy to simply pick up the entire safe and carry it away.
I stopped using them when I found a crack pipe left in one. Although, with the condition of that hotel at the time, it could have been part of the decor.
The more you know, the better at making yourself secure you'll be. I'm sure hotel safe makers would prefer we did not know. Big thanks LPL, good to know.
"The Administrator is very concerned that we get a conclusive analysis of today's sample. I gather they went to some lengths to get it." Not really. He got it from the LockPickingG-Man, who just jiggled open a portal to Xen.
So true, these crosslocks do open easily. I find the jigglers are also good for zipping and raking too although you’ll have to make a custom tensioner same as I did.
Aperture safes open up if you ask them nicely and shoot you if you try to pick them. Black Mesa safes come with a self-destruct trigger which "usually" doesn't kill the user.
Awesome video LPL! Once, I accidentally left my laptop in plain sight at a Drury Inn in Columbus, and, when I got in to my room, there was a hotel from housekeeping saying they put it in the free safes in the managers office for me! I thought that was super nice!😸
In Mexico (Cancun) there were very sturdy welded steel safes locked with a massive bolt supplied at checkin. The only vulnerability would be if LPL or BB were nearby ...
I have seen *one* exception to this. I stayed at a hotel that had an older, keyed safe. It was a Medeco, with the second profile on the side of the key and the angled cuts. Aside from LPL, most people would struggle to ever get into one of those.
In my notifications, three of you pop up at pretty much same time. Coordinated effort I guess LOL. You, noob, and Bosnian. Not complaining, love the content.
I just picked my first lock ever while watching your video!!! I actually got goosebumps when i felt the turning of the cylinder. As I consider you to be my lockpicking mentor i thought i let you know... :)
I actually stayed in a hotel once where the safe was locked when I arrived. Surprisingly, I discovered that the override was hidden behind a similar name plate with "security screws" that I bought a a screwdriver for about a mile away. The real surprise was there was just a mechanical knob to turn (no lock) to open the safe. Needless to say, I didn't store anything in there.
Omg this safe has way too many overrides. Lol did it get locked so many times that they needed so many override measures - cards, codes, settings, etc.
I’m not sure the card entry is meant as an override per se, or just another way for the guest to lock the safe but with their credit card rather than a combination.
I actually basked about those jigglers in the Master lock padlock video. Nice to see them in use. I bought a set but never used them myself. Nice videos.
As someone who has such experience with travelling and seeing the abundance of zero security hotel safes, what would you prescribe as a safe method for securing valuables while travelling should you not wish to take them out of the hotel with you? Such as a passport, camera, cash or other? Does such a thing exist other than simply carrying everything with you at all times?
In many states, hotels are required to have a safe of their own (in a back room somewhere) for guests to put valuables in. Of course, that safe might not be totally secure either, but it becomes the hotel's responsibility. But it's obviously not a great solution for things like cameras or passports that you'd need often.
The thing is, a hotel is in general rather secure, at least if you are higher than average, and the reason is, the hotel workers are paid an okay salary, so they do not go into hunger, so they'd rather keep their job than ending in jail for stealing, another is they're usually well picked workers and another thing is, there are people around all the time, and there are security cameras too. That doesn't mean there are not people who steal things from hotels, but I do not think it is as bad as some people will want to make it sound. I usually do never put everything into the safe, I want to have some money if there is a break in of some sort. So I leave some cash in the suit case for example, so even they steal everything from the safe, and even I get mugged at the same time I still have money. You can never fully avoid having things stolen anywhere, though, unless you take it all with you, that is true. But even then, you can get mugged.
You know what I would really like, for you to show us things you CAN'T get into or locks you CAN'T open, so we know what to buy. Your demonstrations of watch me open this with nothing but my mind, has really destroyed my confidence in locks and safes.
Let's face it, we all know LPL can get into anything. And length of video doesn't necessarily mean anything either. At this point we just have to evaluate locks based on the number of vulnerabilities they have🤷
I don't know how it is in America, but by Austrian law if we put our stuff in the safe of a hotelroom we can then, if it gets stolen, just sue the hotel and get money based on how much the stuff was worth. So thats why I still keep everything valuable in the safe, even tho I know its not a good protection.
That’s awesome that you tell the world how to break into safes. But now you’ve shown me how to safe guard my safe, by removing all your secrets. The wonders of the internet.
I had a vacation rental that I added three Hotel safes (one to each bedroom) to for extra safely ( we had a daily maid service). Given the number of times I had to open them using the "override" card because people forgot the code or which card they used I removed them after 6 months....... Should have just given them a link to this channel.
thx for the tip sir 👍, once watching a crime news, the police says that locks dont deter criminals its just to slow them down... watching you beat most of the locks under 1-2 minutes, make me paranoid and thinking to use at least 3-4 locks, just to make criminals change target to others 😁
The hotel I work at uses KABA safes and they program each safe before installing it. They do NOT have a manual override key, you have to plug an electronic programmer into it to override it. If the electronic override programmer can't unlock it, it has to be physically cut or pried open by the maintenance team.
Lesson of the day, the safe itself (beside his key way incase of no power) is not bad. But most hotels do not bother programming it resulting in an UNSAFE-SAFE ... Unbeliveable.
Many of the hotelsafes has screwholes at the bottom for fastening the safe on to the shelves. But many if the safes are not fastened. And you can with a long vire, hit the reset button on the inside troug those holes.
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LPL goes on vacations
*Spends the whole time in the hotel room finding vulnerabilities in the safe and locks*
Which leaves him plenty of time to enjoy the rest of his vacation... As the safes are never hard to bypass.
For vacations, LPL does LPL, you do you, and I do me.
Although, I'd wager LPL would love this place.
www.lockmuseumofamerica.org/home.aspx
"I had a wonderful time!"
"whole time" = 5 mins tops. Even less with prior knowledge of vulnerabilities!
@@christopherjohns1566 Either he'd love it or it'd be his worst nightmare with all the vulnerable locks there
- "Mesa hotel safe?"
- "No Jar-jar. Your hotel is not safe."
I feel like people dont get your comment
Golden comment.
unerdrwater
underrated. I appear to not be able to keyboard.
@Giuliano Skywalker and everyone hates jar jar
@@withlessAsbestos Jar Jar was the key to all star wars movies. but the fans fucked it up with their BS complain, so it pushed G to change him.
"Do you require a room with a safe, Mr LockPickingLawyer?"
LPL: laughs in cross lock jiggler
"here are the keys to your room and the code to the safe Mr LockPickingLawyer"
LPL: no no, that isn't necessary...
Huh. Don't think I've ever seen a hotel room WITHOUT a safe. They all have the same flimsy looking piece of junk, though the one in this video looks a lot nicer than the ones in used to seeing in the budget places I stay, lol.
I'm just curious whether he
1. Shot the video from the hotel room (would explain the camera angle)
2. Took the room safe home with him, or
3. Bought an identical one after the fact (would explain having the manual)
Pretty sure it isn't 2, but not impossible.
@@HariSeldon913 quite obviously #3
"And here is your room key, sir"
"Oh, I've been in my room since last ight."
Good to know that the only safe “approved” by our university for LTC handgun storage can be jiggled open.
That is hilarious. Did nobody even bother to check anything out before they started using such an easy to open safe? Even a gun store will tell you thats not safe.
@@LrulestheworldM8 Optimally they should keep a lock that obstructs the action on the firearm, then store it in an at least passable safe.
As a European I think the most weird thing about this statement is that a university needs rules for handgun storage
Free handguns? What’s the issue?
@@LrulestheworldM8 'certification' extortion rackets. "Hur dur pay us 5000$ to get this certification or we ban you!". If someone earns money, they shut up.
"And just one more time so we know it isn't a fluke..."
But it's never a fluke! What are the odds...
I'm still waiting for the video where it is* a fluke. Maybe for one of his April fool's day videos he could rig it so it jiggles open the first time then doesn't the second.
@@robotdevildong1144 where it is* a fluke
@@sadhlife yeah I edited it lol
Pretty sure the jiggler was a fluke because he only did it once.
Reception : "Here's the number code to your room's safe."
LPL : "No thank you, I got it covered."
He doesn’t even need the swipe card for the room...
@@Benzene265 He doesn't need it, but he takes it anyway in order to protect his secret identity. It's the same as Clark Kent not needing the elevator.
@@sand3882 it was a joke buddy
ruclips.net/video/DXb2m11FVvQ/видео.html
LPL: It's rare to find a hotel safe that doesn't have some vulnerabilty
Mesa: YES, WE DID IT!
LPL: This one has two that I think are critical
Mesa: oh, nevermind :(
Have we ever seen LPL face??
@@JAXXY1O999 I never did.
@@kevinmandrile5074 same here
Mesa doesn't care
@@JAXXY1O999 Not that I know of, but he did a sketch with bosnian, where he is shown from behind.
I wanna know what his lock suppliers think of him buying over 1200 different safes and locks like
*..uhh.. whatcha doing there buddy*
He is clearly a VIP customer and gets expedited shipping for free.
@@henke37 He is also on a hitlist by the lock companies
I have to assume many of these are borrowed or bought and then quickly resold. I'm sure he has quite the collection of locks, but it seems impossible that he'd spend as much money and fill as much storage space as it would take to buy every product he features and keep it forever.
@@TheDrCN i imagine him having a big wide storage room filles with shelves, he finishes a video, takes out a card with the video's number on it, puts it on the shelf and the number below it. That would be very neat
@@AbdulGoodLooks actually no. they have a excuse to make new "improved locks" for bigger price
So the safest way to use a hotel safe is to carry a welder to close it and an angle grinder to open it.
LOL
Or covering it on duct tape...
ruclips.net/video/DXb2m11FVvQ/видео.html
Thanks I spit out my coffee...
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
But you gotta hide the grinder, so the thief can't use it.
I feel like LPL should really just start his own lock and safe company. Nobody knows locks and safes better than the man who can unlock anything.
Things aren't same in real life
I second that notion! I'm unfortunately doubtful it will happen. The most glaring problems of having LPL be part of a lock company are at least two fold. First, it would be so difficult to find someone who could design a commercial product capable of withstanding the exceptional skill of one of the world's most talented lock pickers that product development would take forever. Second, by the time his products finally hit the market, the average consumers would never be able to afford them because they would need to be so precise and specialized they would have to cost a small fortune.
The biggest problem with that is that security is only as good as the weakest link. So making a better lock will just cause thieves to bypass it with brute force.
ruclips.net/video/DXb2m11FVvQ/видео.html
its one skillset to pick locks, but another to engineer one.
at least "Stuff Made Here" is making a attempt that LPL has said he will give feedback on with a video
Hotel employee: Here's your room key sir.
LPL: No need, it's slower that way.
ruclips.net/video/DXb2m11FVvQ/видео.html
LPL: "Are you serious?"
😂
Default overrides are an example of "security by obscurity" with minimal obscurity where these are in the manual.
The bolts holding the cover on appear to be the primary security method for the manual override :)
The problem is it needs to be simple enough for hotel staff, or you, to break into should anything go wrong with it.
ruclips.net/video/DXb2m11FVvQ/видео.html
In a heavily-hotelled area like the Las Vegas Strip, i think you can practically rely on any in-room safes being compromised. When you have three to four thousand rooms, each with a safe, you’re much more likely to either have them all at factory default settings or all of them set to the same override; with that getting ‘sold’ to potential burglars (mostly housekeeping that gets a little something on the side) a ‘smart’ place might have an override code for each individual floor. A ‘really paranoid’ place might actually have a different override for each room; and have a ‘master book’ in the main office to reference for each time it’s needed. Don’t count on anyplace being that paranoid.
This channel became more entertaining than teaching. I do not reduce the level of information the LPL provides, the way he delivers it, and the quality of what we learn. I'm referring to the absurd day-to-day fake safety so many companies sell us, the consumers, believing this will protect us from a bad person. Just pathetic. Love the channel.
It took longer for that nameplate to stop jiggling than to jiggle the safe open. 🤔
I agree. When he inserted just the tip of the jiggler into the lock I was thinking, wow, this requires jiggling all the way in... and then the lock immediately turned open with just the tip of the jiggler in the lock.
Reminds me of what my dad told me growing up. After having my bike lock cut, I looked at my dad and all he told me was "Locks are only their to keep honest people honest." I learned that if someone really wants something, anything can be stolen. You can however make it extremely difficult to do and not worth the time and effort.
Same goes for digital security, to some extent.
I swear, LPL is the type of guy to go to a hotel with a girl, forget about the girl, and start picking the safes
Maybe his kink is having his girlfriend wear a chastity belt.
@@jimmyzhao9748 or maybe his girlfriend makes him wear a chastity belt... but because it's LPL he can pick it open.
homie is married
I love how honest you are about a lock or security product that you evaluate I can trust in my home security knowing what I have learned over the years of watching ur vids
So this is why Black Mesa is having a catastrophic event... Oh wait wrong company
I wouldn't trust stuffs in hotels that much anyway, especially the hotel where they didn't even change the bed sheet after a guest checks out
In this universe the certain casserole was locked in.
"Cross Lock Jiggler" brings out the adolescent in me.
I want to name my bluegrass band the "Cross Lock Jigglers". Motto We are the Picking Pickers.
Sounds like a Batman villain
I had a girlfriend with cross locked jigglers.
Sounds like an old pro wrestling move
cmonkey63 You mean toothpaste?
I really want to see a tour of his whole collection of locks/safes. I can just imagine the majesty.
Imagine if the LPL found a hotel safe secured with a packing tape. He would finally meet a challenge.
Don't forget the red security scribble!
the most powerful trick here is googling "(safe name) operating manual"
ruclips.net/video/DXb2m11FVvQ/видео.html
Pretty much the same goes for wireless routers. Probably more so.
What are the odds those in charge of a few hundred safes in a hotel change the defaults? Low, but not insignificant due to liability, etc.
What are the odds a random person changes the admin password of their router? "LOL"
LPL always has very positive energy in every one of his videos. I love it.
_Packing for trip_
"OK have we got everything?"
"Don't forget the safe instruction manuals!"
He's probably the only one who reads those manuals.
And the cross lock jiglers!
The safe instruction manuals can be easily downloaded from the internet once you know what safe you are up to.
No need for physical manuals when you can use the hotel's WIFI and download only what you need.
ruclips.net/video/DXb2m11FVvQ/видео.html
That's why I always bring my own safe on my travels.
Oh really? You think perhaps a thief can't carry your safe out of hotel room the same you carry safe on plane?
@@wileecoyote5749 sarcasm ...duhhh
Clicked on this video faster than him picking a master-lock lol
Physically impossible
Same
Lol
That's funny
@@randrazor I was incredulous too.
Simply secure such lousy hotel safes by placing a note on top that reads: "Caution: this safe is booby-trapped, but perhaps today's your lucky day..."
On the plus side, it'll surely make it safer. On the not so bright side, you could have to respond of serious charges. I'll say don't do it ;)
I rather doubt it here in England, one simply replaces "is" with the ability modal "could be" and
voila the notice has been disarmed to read "Caution: this safe could be booby-trapped, but perhaps today's your lucky day..." Problem solved.
How about: "Theoretically, this safe MIGHT NOT be booby trapped, and theoretically this could be your lucky day..."
@@blahorgaslisk7763 The use of conditionals such as 'could' and 'might' make your pleonasm "Theoretically,...MIGHT NOT...could be..." redundant.
@@drcaffeine1974 Yep, and I'm fine with that. Now it's up to whoever is considering to open that safe to determine if they think it's worth it.
It's good to see that this black Mesa safe offers such an unprecedented level of security. It would be perfect for storing our nonstandard specimen before it could be inserted into the analysis port.
I knew someone would make that joke.
Yup. Going to have to start carrying a real safe to a hotel now. They are going to be PISSED about the holes in the floor.
"Mesa"
Open the safe, gordon.
Gordon pulls out his crowbar
meesa thinking jar jar binks designed this safe.
Even better. Its a Black Mesa.
Next up from LPL: "I've jiggled open a companion cube"
Exactly the comment I was looking for.
I guess they're more of a deterrent than an actual safe, since if someone finds their stuff missing from it, all the hotel administration needs to do is check who did room service for your room that day.
Brilliant, I will trust things of value on my person or in a safe I bring myself. I am happy to pay the extra fee for luggage if it keeps my items safe.
Even if they were to change the default override code you couldn’t really trust the safe as you do not know who has access to said code
I'd be more suspicious if they told me they had changed the code haha
I'm surprised he didn't show how to change the override code.
If it still has a default overide code, anyone could look up the default for the safe. If it's changed, then at least only staff would know possibly only senior staff.
So really just lock the safe and hide your actual stuff under the mattress?
@@jojodroid31 Because hotel employees never reach under the mattress?
"Do not trust anything with anything of value" is the lesson I'm taking from these videos.
My "prison wallet" is becoming a safer choice every day...as long as I avoid prison, my proctologist's office, and those weird hookers.
Define weird... For research purposes.
Ya define weird, a friend wants to know..
Reportedly, in one caribean country the amount of ass residue on money reached such epic levels that nobody would handle money without gloves.
@@johndododoe1411 LOL “Ass residue” there’s a word for that😜
@@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 But it could be censored by algorithms.
I'm not even into locks or picking,just love this show,by far one of my favs.found it when I was looking for reviews on a fingerprint gun lock that LPL disabled in like 2 seconds.
Life Hack: fill it with ice and you have another insulated cooler for drinks
I take mine camping and throw it atop the fire so I can bake my hot pockets.
@@replicated
😂😂
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Thanks for all your videos. I particularly thank you for this one. I didn't realise how easily accessed the hotel can be.
Here is a security layer you can add to your hotel room: Put a do not disturb sign on the door and travel with a blow up doll. Hotel staff know not to enter rooms with DND sign on the door and even when they walk in a see what looks like a sleeping human in bed ( Blow up doll) they always apologize and leave immediately.
I'd guess they would also apologize and leave immediately even if they identified it as blow up doll...
I find these videos more satisfying than the regular lockpicking ones now... I´m stunned, really by how easily we adapt. Remember twenty years ago? then ppl relied on the "Hotel safe" - which some dude in the reception area made use of. This is probably on the same level. I think it is cool that LPL points it out, but whichever the case, I would bust the hotels balls about it.
Someday I want to see LPL open up the RUclips algorithm
ruclips.net/video/DXb2m11FVvQ/видео.html
....or the door of fort knox 😂😂
Have you seen his ratings? He already has :)
The more I watch this channel, the more I think the purpose of hotel safes are so that the thieves don't wreck the hotel room searching for guests' valuables.
You forgot to mention to check the final security feature of a hotel safe: how well it is bolted down. I've seen some hotel safes that were barely attached to thin closet shelves with weak screws that would make it easy to simply pick up the entire safe and carry it away.
Many years ago it happened to travel with some cash. I always gave it to the counter in change of a receipt reporting the amount and their signature.
I stopped using them when I found a crack pipe left in one. Although, with the condition of that hotel at the time, it could have been part of the decor.
I would be so delighted to find a crack pipe caked with delicious resin in my hotel. Free rocket fuel man
The more you know, the better at making yourself secure you'll be. I'm sure hotel safe makers would prefer we did not know. Big thanks LPL, good to know.
And that's why the Resonance Cascade happened.
Been looking for this
"The Administrator is very concerned that we get a conclusive analysis of today's sample. I gather they went to some lengths to get it." Not really. He got it from the LockPickingG-Man, who just jiggled open a portal to Xen.
So true, these crosslocks do open easily. I find the jigglers are also good for zipping and raking too although you’ll have to make a custom tensioner same as I did.
Wouldn't expect that from a black Mesa safe but rather an Aperture one…
Aperture safes open up if you ask them nicely and shoot you if you try to pick them.
Black Mesa safes come with a self-destruct trigger which "usually" doesn't kill the user.
@@eclipserepeater2466 Gordon doesn't need to here all this, he's a highly trained professional.
Awesome video LPL! Once, I accidentally left my laptop in plain sight at a Drury Inn in Columbus, and, when I got in to my room, there was a hotel from housekeeping saying they put it in the free safes in the managers office for me! I thought that was super nice!😸
There was a hotel from housekeeping?
@@pgo2372 a note lol, this is what happpens when I type hungry!
I might get one of these to keep my Masterlocks in.
In Mexico (Cancun) there were very sturdy welded steel safes locked with a massive bolt supplied at checkin. The only vulnerability would be if LPL or BB were nearby ...
Lock picking Lawer, just landed after a long flight, "I can't wait to see the hotel safety box"
I have seen *one* exception to this. I stayed at a hotel that had an older, keyed safe. It was a Medeco, with the second profile on the side of the key and the angled cuts. Aside from LPL, most people would struggle to ever get into one of those.
When it takes longer to remove the screw than to pick the lock you know something isn't right.
In my notifications, three of you pop up at pretty much same time. Coordinated effort I guess LOL. You, noob, and Bosnian. Not complaining, love the content.
A safe is pretty much a beacon "The stuff of value that I care about is in here.".
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I just picked my first lock ever while watching your video!!!
I actually got goosebumps when i felt the turning of the cylinder.
As I consider you to be my lockpicking mentor i thought i let you know... :)
Jar Jar Binks: Mesa a hotel safe now!
I actually stayed in a hotel once where the safe was locked when I arrived. Surprisingly, I discovered that the override was hidden behind a similar name plate with "security screws" that I bought a a screwdriver for about a mile away. The real surprise was there was just a mechanical knob to turn (no lock) to open the safe.
Needless to say, I didn't store anything in there.
Omg this safe has way too many overrides. Lol did it get locked so many times that they needed so many override measures - cards, codes, settings, etc.
All for the convenience of the hotel, not the security of the customer.
The physical override is, I guess, for when the battery/power dies.
I’m not sure the card entry is meant as an override per se, or just another way for the guest to lock the safe but with their credit card rather than a combination.
I actually basked about those jigglers in the Master lock padlock video. Nice to see them in use. I bought a set but never used them myself. Nice videos.
Hotel: Sir, do You need a key for the safe?
LPL: No need, I`ll open it myself... (leaves room key too)
I have one of these I bought & got locked out. I really appreciate this video. Thank you!
As someone who has such experience with travelling and seeing the abundance of zero security hotel safes, what would you prescribe as a safe method for securing valuables while travelling should you not wish to take them out of the hotel with you? Such as a passport, camera, cash or other? Does such a thing exist other than simply carrying everything with you at all times?
In many states, hotels are required to have a safe of their own (in a back room somewhere) for guests to put valuables in. Of course, that safe might not be totally secure either, but it becomes the hotel's responsibility.
But it's obviously not a great solution for things like cameras or passports that you'd need often.
The thing is, a hotel is in general rather secure, at least if you are higher than average, and the reason is, the hotel workers are paid an okay salary, so they do not go into hunger, so they'd rather keep their job than ending in jail for stealing, another is they're usually well picked workers and another thing is, there are people around all the time, and there are security cameras too.
That doesn't mean there are not people who steal things from hotels, but I do not think it is as bad as some people will want to make it sound.
I usually do never put everything into the safe, I want to have some money if there is a break in of some sort. So I leave some cash in the suit case for example, so even they steal everything from the safe, and even I get mugged at the same time I still have money.
You can never fully avoid having things stolen anywhere, though, unless you take it all with you, that is true. But even then, you can get mugged.
You know what I would really like, for you to show us things you CAN'T get into or locks you CAN'T open, so we know what to buy. Your demonstrations of watch me open this with nothing but my mind, has really destroyed my confidence in locks and safes.
If it has a lock, it can very easily get broken into.
LPL, have you ever messed with those digital combination locks that are used on DOD safes for classified material?
This dude should be hired by lock makers as a quality control tester
Let's face it, we all know LPL can get into anything. And length of video doesn't necessarily mean anything either. At this point we just have to evaluate locks based on the number of vulnerabilities they have🤷
man thank you for your videos, you make me more aware about what should be called my safe deposit and door securities. thanks again
Jar Jar Brinks: "Me-Sa not secure!"
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@@mopuculo7372 Get out of here with that shit.
when you forget the condom
I don't know how it is in America, but by Austrian law if we put our stuff in the safe of a hotelroom we can then, if it gets stolen, just sue the hotel and get money based on how much the stuff was worth. So thats why I still keep everything valuable in the safe, even tho I know its not a good protection.
LPL: What I have today is a hotel safe made by Mesa
Mesa: "Uh oh!"
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thank you LockPickingLawyer for assisting my non existence future hotel robbing career
So, what you're saying is, I'd be safer putting my valuables in a Tupperware container?
And wrapping it in tape
@@christopherbrosz5003 lots of tape...
A blister pack wrapped in duct tape. No one would steal that
Especially if you would gorilla glue it to the floor
@@WCGwkf Yep, especially the ones from Costco. Seems like they need a nuke bomb to open them up.
Fantastic. Now I have another source of entertainment when I'm in a hotel room. Breaking into and reprogramming the safe for fun.
Me : "I wonder if this is going to be a tricky lock to pick?"
* less than 30s remaining of vid *
"I doubt it.."
This is the only channel where I’m super excited to see a short video
Hilarity option: change the default code for the safe for the room safe at the hotel you're staying at
Damn! This video was posted less than 12 hours ago and already has 47K views? Well done Sir!
So that's how my weed went missing!
This video just saved two iPads and half a dozen beanie babies from never being seen again. Much appreciated!
And all this while suspended on wires from the ceiling.
Thank you so much for the info I traveling and I will use your safety tips thank ones again for your time and info
I wish I'd watched this over the weekend. I was in a hotel room with very similar room safe.
That’s awesome that you tell the world how to break into safes. But now you’ve shown me how to safe guard my safe, by removing all your secrets. The wonders of the internet.
The kind of guy to bring his own safe on vacation.
I had a vacation rental that I added three Hotel safes (one to each bedroom) to for extra safely ( we had a daily maid service). Given the number of times I had to open them using the "override" card because people forgot the code or which card they used I removed them after 6 months....... Should have just given them a link to this channel.
thx for the tip sir 👍, once watching a crime news, the police says that locks dont deter criminals its just to slow them down... watching you beat most of the locks under 1-2 minutes, make me paranoid and thinking to use at least 3-4 locks, just to make criminals change target to others 😁
This guy picks locks quicker than I can get my earphones plugged in.
I picked the cross lock on one of these at like 14 years old. Proud moment.
The hotel I work at uses KABA safes and they program each safe before installing it. They do NOT have a manual override key, you have to plug an electronic programmer into it to override it. If the electronic override programmer can't unlock it, it has to be physically cut or pried open by the maintenance team.
His videos r so helpful when robbing hotels
Lesson of the day, the safe itself (beside his key way incase of no power) is not bad. But most hotels do not bother programming it resulting in an UNSAFE-SAFE ... Unbeliveable.
Many of the hotelsafes has screwholes at the bottom for fastening the safe on to the shelves. But many if the safes are not fastened. And you can with a long vire, hit the reset button on the inside troug those holes.
LPL knew he was destined for law when he found he could say "cross lock jigglers" with a straight face.
Even though I never trusted hotel safes in the first place, this is still a real eye opener!
Usual customer: Hi, does your hotel have a swimming pool and maybe sauna?
LPL: Hi, does your hotel have a safe in your rooms and maybe a master safe?
One of the biggest vulnerabilities of most hotel safes is that they are rarely bolted down. You could just walk off with it.
This man is opening the Portal into a Black Mesa.