You can learn the basics of lock picking from a GIF, but for a more nuanced look at the techniques required to actually get a lock open without the key, check out NightHawkInLight’s latest tutorial ...

About a month ago, I picked up a training lockpick set. I’ve always been curious about how lock picking works and how difficult it really is. In the process of learning, I discovered not only how easy ...

Sure, many of us don’t hold our hair in place with bobby pins, but just in case we need to break into a secure location, like the broom closet we locked ourselves out of, it wouldn’t hurt to know how ...

Remember how hard you tried to get into your parents' liquor cabinet on prom night? Well, fast-forward 10 years to when your toddler locked you out of the house and wouldn't let you back in. Moral of ...

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 ...

I have a lock in my hand, a little tension-wrench lever braced in it with one finger, and I'm wiggling a little pick tool inside it trying to coax the pins open. I'm laughing, of course, because I ...

First off, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got lockpicks. You’re taught how to make these in the game’s tutorial, but if you’ve forgotten, you’ll need some ‘Scraps’ and ‘Cloth Rags.’ As long as you’ve ...