Originally Posted by
Slaninar
I asked some people who pick locks. What I was told is that locks with keys like this are easy to pick:
These are a bit more tricky:
These are good:
It is also important that the lock is well secured from braking, that there's not much place for leverage.
I was also told that good locks only buy you some more time. Like you said, with good tools - a matter of minutes.
I'm not sure if the key with the chip can be picked or not, but those aren't found in bicycle locks anyways. All the other keys you showed are easy to do with practice. They actually have picking contests in Europe to see who can pick the most pick resistant lock made the quickest called DEFCON; this sport is growing here in the US now.
I guess they can pick transponder locks, just takes a bit longer due to reprograming the cars computer once the key is made that contains a new chip; see:
http://lockpicktools.org/lock-pick-set-for-cars/http://lockpicktools.org/lock-pick-set-for-cars/