>> Actually, I wonder. They call them "pins", but just how strong are they? 
>> Couldn't you open the lock just by breaking all the pins?
> 
>   Depends on the quality and width of the pins. There are, in fact, locks
> (even on the main doors of houses at some places) which can be broken by
> simply turning then with enough force.

Oh, that's cute.

>   More high-quality pin locks cannot be broken so easily, but they are
> still so easy to lockpick that it's better to use a safer design (for
> example a disc tumbler lock, which is common here, and which is extremely
> hard to lockpick, and while not impossible, requires very sophisticated
> tools).

Yeah, well, devise an unpickable lock and somebody will just rip the 
door off its hinges, or break in through a window or something. ;-) 
Weakest point and all that... All you really need is for the lock not to 
be the weakest part of the system.

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