“There have been countless comments on this channel asking me to break into Fort Knox. Well, never let it be said that I don’t take suggestions.”
Fort Knox is a byword for the highest level of security imaginable. To ensure the safety of about half of the U.S. gold reserves, blast-proof doors, razor fencing, and rumoured mine fields are in place to thwart any would-be heists.
This video proves that just because a safe is labelled “Fort Knox”, doesn’t mean it’s at all secure.
LockPickingLawyer has amassed over 2 million subscribers and 380,198,793 views since he created his Youtube channel in 2015. He did so with the aim to educate consumers about weaknesses and defects in security devices so they can make better security decisions.
In video 1161 on his channel, LockPickingLawyer tests the reliability of a so-called “Fort Knox” safe in comparison to a children’s novelty safe.
The cheap novelty safe is opened in a number of seconds simply by pulling on the dial while feeling and listening for the number to set. The age of the “Fort Knox” device means that the mechanism is too stiff to use this same method
However, LockPickingLawyer demonstrates a technique that he says actually works on a fair number of serious security products: knocking out the hinge pin.
The Fort Knox safe offers very little challenge and he is quickly able to get his hands on the gold inside; that is, gold chocolate coins!
While the safe doesn’t quite match up to the extreme security measures of the real Fort Knox, LockPickingLawyer’s subscribers have all the faith in his skills:
“Too bad that you had to settle for just a knock off safe due to Covid. Looking forward to the actual Fort Knox Vault pick once the quarantine measures are lifted.”
Youtube user ‘CarthagoMike’
“At Fort Knox:
Youtube user ‘Marco Vela’
Soldier 1: You hear that?
Soldier 2: Who is it?
LPL: Got a click on one”
“He’s making jokes about breaking into Fort Knox, but the next video is when he’ll show us how he recreated National Treasure.”
Youtube user ‘2’
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