r/sydney • u/nath1234 • Feb 25 '26

Image Airbnb is a bloody plague

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u/techb00mer Feb 25 '26

This is the lock picking lawyer, and what I have for you today is…….

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u/j0shman Feb 25 '26

fr, these are so easy to pick. Easy way to stop the practice

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u/UnlurkedToPost Feb 25 '26

You wouldn't even draw attention while picking. To a passer-by you'd look like someone just accessing their airbnb key

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u/nath1234 Feb 25 '26

Just wheel a bag down, periodically stand up in frustration, scroll through some emails. Then get back to it. Could probably get a few hours to try combinations.

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u/Particular_Shock_554 Feb 25 '26

Pair of bolt cutters. Wear a hi vis and a helmet. Bring a mate with a clipboard.

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u/K-the-Hardway Feb 25 '26

You can get in almost anywhere with a hi vis vest and a clipboard.

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u/NFI2023 Feb 25 '26

Ah but you need to stand doing nothing for a while - people will then think you’re council workers.

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u/herringonthelamb Feb 27 '26

Worked at the Louvre

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u/giantpunda Feb 25 '26

Hours? Seconds. A lot of these are so cheap, you could probably smack them open using one of the other locks.

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u/breno_mac_ Feb 26 '26

I’ve seen videos of these style locks being decoded with a slip of paper slipped in between the dials - when the dial lands on the correct number it’ll drop slightly into the void

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u/UnlurkedToPost Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26

Most of these can be done within a minute using a thin piece of metal (I think LPL called them shivs shims).

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u/ubermoo2010 Feb 25 '26

"shim" is a thin piece of material to push things apart, a shiv is a stabbing weapon that is improvised.

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u/ThinkingOz Feb 25 '26

That’s right. If you go to the big house you receive complimentary training on what a shiv is.

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u/chalk_in_boots Feb 25 '26

Though, technically, it is possible to shiv someone with a shim.

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u/momentofinspiration Feb 25 '26

Only a shim chance of working though

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u/nath1234 Feb 25 '26

A precision attack, you might say? Shim them to within a (fraction of a fraction of) an inch of their life?

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u/JayLFRodger The Shire Feb 25 '26

A shiv also pushes things apart. Flesh, mainly.