I really, really respect lock pickers. I really do. So believe me I am not making any judgements, because similar to playing a Racket, Bassoon, or Serpent, it is a rare difficult skill.
But…
My mantra for security devices is why do it the hard way?
And before the edge cases are brought up (say being chained against your will) there are also better ways of defeating locks (lies, confidence, etc)
However, that said, I’d watch lock picking tourney in a new York second.
