Locks are designed to keep honest people out. (Dishonest people can always break a window.) But that doesn't mean that honest people can't enjoy picking them. I've been an amateur lock picker for four ...

This story first appeared in WIRED 13.02 published in February, 2005. For a lock picker, the world is a different place. Take, for example, a typical suburban house, with a bicycle in the front yard ...

He’s used plastic zip ties, bamboo sticks and even cat food cans to open the locks dangling from gym lockers and storage sheds across the US. Bill Johnson is now attracting a global following thanks ...

It would be roughly accurate to say that there have been locks as long as there have been things humans wanted to guard. Locks figure in the Bible (“And the key of the house of David I will lay upon ...

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER PAUL VAN OSDOL IS LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS PAUL WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH THESE LOCKS. >> A NATIONALLY RENOWNED LOCK EXPERT TELLS ME SOME OF THESE TRIGGER LOCKS CAN BE EASILY PICKED ...

The wasteland of West Virginia is filled with locked doors and padlocks that you’ll want to bust open. Lockpicking, therefore, is an essential skill in Fallout 76, and you’ll need to not only master ...

Picking locks in Fallout 76 isn’t as simple as it was in previous games, as players will be unable to even attempt to pick a lock unless they first level up the picklock skill. This hurdle can be a ...