Mastodawn

Have you ever picked a lock?

edit: a practice lock is any lock that you were picking purely for practice which was not securing anything. a lock in the wild is a lock that was in place to actually secure something (love locks count)

yes, a practice lock

33.4%

yes, a lock in the wild

26.3%

no

39.2%

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1.2%

Poll ended at Mar 23 at 10:58am.

Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.

While talking to a colleague about lockpicking it came up that they have never picked a lock. Like, not even once in their childhood.

Another colleague listening in admitted they also have never picked a lock.

My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life picked a lock.

Have you picked a lock?

Please boost for scientific accuracy.

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Clifton Royston

@brib @eniko

Yes, though never a reasonable quality door lock as I recall, just the kind on file cabinets or small lockboxes.

I also learned how to shim door latches from James Bond, if they don't have any of the protective measures that are usual these days.