it's really funny how for years we were told "hollywood and video game 'lockpicking' is very unrealistic, it really takes like several minutes to pick a lock" and then at one point lockpicking youtube became a thing and it became widely known that many commercial locks are just so badly made that they'll pop open at the slightest provocation, meaning it IS realistic to use a simple lockpick to get into a lock in ten seconds
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in reply to @bruno's post:
If anything, the lockpicking in movies is too slow. You can pop one of those open in 2 seconds flat.
there are also a couple of "generic" keys you can find on Amazon if you know what to look for (I got mine a decade ago so I don't remember what they're called).
one of them opens 75% of locked filing cabinets; not that useful.
the other opens 90% of locked restrooms in places like fast food stores and gas stations; very useful.
the CH751 key is used in so many places where a manufacturer went "this needs a lock, I guess. Hey, someone go phone around and get us a lock for this cabinet. ... Yeah I dunno, man, just a fucken ... cheap lock, I guess!"
(And so you end up with, as DeviantOllam has pointed out several times before, all the keys to the building locked in a box, that is itself locked with a key you can get just about anywhere, for a couple of bucks)
Of course with all of this knowledge in tow the lock becomes more of a symbol than anything. A formal and clear request not to breach whatever it is that has been locked.
interestingly, this is also true of "hacking" doors open. In real life almost all electronic door control panels can just be crowbared open and then you can just touch two wires together to open the door
you mean to tell me there isn't a small crossword that needs to be solved in order to hack a door!?