How to lock pick any lock in the world
The question we receive the most often is: can any lock be picked? Is there an absolute lock that cannot picked? If there is one, then why doesn't everyone use that lock? Wouldn't that kill lock picking? The answer is simple: no. Every single lock can be picked. I'll explain in more detail.
Before we continue, let's review a few points on how to open locks: There are many better ways to break open a lock. Thieves rarely use lock picking. Why? It takes too long. The most advanced lock can require one hour for a professional to open. No thief would spend one hour immobile trying to lock pick something. It would attract attention.
Even the most advanced lock pick, even with tons of security spools and hundreds of pins, can be opened in another way. You could cut it. You could drill it. You could cut the fence, break the door or open the window. Nothing is funnier to a locksmith than to see a $500 residental lock on a glass door. Anyone can break or cut the glass without a single noise and open the lock from the inside!
That being said, there are in fact locks that are almost impossible to lock pick, locks that would require years and years of training, locks that no one in their right mind would try to lock pick, locks that are picked only in the toughest competitions in the world. Locks that requires hours to pick sometimes. Why isn't every lock one of these? For two reasons: first because it's expensive, second because the lock can STILL be opened in other ways. Very advanced Medeco locks can be bumped, for example. You could also rake or try to jiggle the lock. It's that simple.
I had a friend who specialized in alarm systems. He told me that businesses paid thousands of dollars to buy and install their system and that thieves would simply cut the electricity before entering. When he added a security system that would trigger an alarm at the police station if the electricity was cut, theives would wait until the whole town was in blackout to break in. When he added batteries, theives quickly removed them - or the owner would simply forget to replace them. There is no perfect solution. There is no unbreakable lock.
Many locks have labelled themselves as pick-proof. Most of the time they've been proved wrong. The newest Primus, or the advanced ASSA locks for example, are two examples of locks with more security than you can imagine and that are insanely hard to open. Yet, many people have been filmed lockpickign them successfully.
In conclusion, every lock can be lockpicked. However, keep in mind most you will encounter (90%) are low security, and that with training you will be able to open 90% of the locks you see within a minute, usually within fifteen seconds, and that you will be able to open 95% of the locks without five.