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are you perhaps talking about the forever lock?

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Forever+Lock

while difficult, it can be undone

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making a one-off "unpickable" lock is possible, here is some to-and fro between two youtube channels about such locks:

Stuff Made Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7vPNcnYWQ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2NY29iQdI

Lock Picking Lawyer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecy1FBdCRbQ

But things from installation issues, to making sure tolerances are maintained while making the locks on a production line, mean that there are always some gaps left in a mass produced and installed lock.




Here's a video of the Forever Lock being defeated with a custom-made bump key: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H4f1H6mYHOI


Their friendly competition was fun to watch. LPL made some great suggestions for improvements, and was impressed by the idea that Stuff Made Here came up with as a physical security “outsider.”




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