How a weekend lock picker can help make your home safer—or at least help you talk to a locksmith with confidence.

How to use a paperclip and tension wrench to pick open a locked door The easiest approach is to grab a paperclip and tension wrench. If you don’t have a tension wrench handy, a very small hex ...

There are many practical and legal reasons to learn lock picking, (we covered this last week in our guide on how to use your dark side for good) but the picks can be expensive and hard to obtain ...