You'd be suprised how easy it is to pick a lock using just the tension bar and 1 squiggly pick. I am not trained, can you tell from my technical lockpick speak? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Standard Master locks are pretty easy to pick with just the combo I mentioned above. I can usually pick them in under 30 secs. Office locks: desks and cabinets in the workplace...forget about security - 5 secs usually with a paperclip and a small screwdriver for tensioning.

I work in IT and those security cables used to secure laptops to desks are easy to pick with just a piece of cardboard. It's amazing when people leave the company either willingly or forcefully, they don't turn in their keys on the way out. I'm sure it's not a good thing but I am the go to guy when a key can't be located and a laptop is stuck chained to a desk...