[699] Uervoton Fingerprint Padlock Opened With a Screwdriver!!!

this is the lock-picking lawyer and what i have for you today is a smaller boat on fingerprint padlock this lock is available at Amazon for forty seven ninety-nine with prime shipping which makes it about 50 percent more expensive than the far beefier American 700 padlock now the reason I make this comparison is to show that we do pay a significant premium for the high-tech functionality not only in the cost of the lock but also in the diminished build quality but I actually did not pay for this lock this lock was sent to me for free by the manufacturer so that I could review it so here's what we're going to do today first I'm going to demonstrate how this lock works and then I'm going to show you what I believe to be a significant security flaw now this lock is exactly as you would get it out of the box meaning there are no fingerprints programmed into it what that also means is that any fingerprint at all will open this up in fact I could even open this up using the palm of my hand but before we start playing with it too much we're going to want to program the internal lithium battery we do that with the microUSB port on the bottom of the padlock and we can use this tiny little micro USB cable that came with the lock once it's charged the LED light on the front will turn green and that's our indication that we can start programming this now to program our first fingerprint what we're going to want to do is press the shackle down for about five seconds until a blinking blue light turns on now that we see that we can start giving the lock samples of our fingerprint we're going to have to give it eight different samples before it will be fully programmed and you want to do that at different angles once it pops open the fingerprint is programmed in to close it up what you do is hold the shackle down until a small yellow light blinks and now it's relocked to open it up again we just tap the top of the shackle until we get that blinking white light and you can see none of my fingerprints work except for the one that I programmed into it so let's say we want to put a second fingerprint into this we do something relatively similar we hold it down for about five seconds but rather than starting with our new fingerprint first we're going to use the old fingerprint we got a little blinking green light and then I'm going to start giving the lock samples of the new fingerprint okay it's popped open which means it's learned the new fingerprint now the instructions didn't say how many fingerprints this will learn I have added I believe ten while experimenting without issue but I suspect the maximum number could be significantly higher now we can also clear all fingerprints you can't just clear one or two fingerprints you need to clear them all at once to do that we hold the shackle down for 10 seconds it'll turn blue and then red okay once we see the red light we can use an authorized fingerprint the light flashed green and now this lock is just like it came out of the box anything at all will open it so it seems relatively user-friendly I don't have any issues there but I do have a few very serious concerns about the physical construction of this lock now this is obviously a very low security lock it has a thin three or four millimeter shackle that is not hardened so it can be cut without too much difficulty and the lock body appears to be a cast zinc clamshell design again not a very secure way to build a lock given the small size and the weak construction I see this as a lock appropriate for equally low security containers things like suitcases or backpacks I also don't see this as a security device suitable for repelling an attack but rather more like a reusable tamper seal unfortunately this lock fails miserably at that as well if we look at the outside of the lock body we can see a number of screws one here one here and another one on the top they each have a Torx t5 head and if you remove them the entire lock case can be opened as can the shackle so let me show you that right now it's actually quite easy to do there's the first one second and third we have all three of those screws out and once they're out we can just lift the top off and you can see the shackle opens as well so while I love the idea of a fingerprint lock it's pretty clear to me that this one was designed more as an electronic novelty and less as an actual security device the ability to access the assembly screws from the outside of the lock is a downright egregious design flaw and in my opinion it overshadows any positive attributes that this lock has so that's all I have for you today if you do have any questions or comments about it please put them below if you like this video and would like to see more like it please subscribe and as always have a nice day thank you

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Length: 5min 54sec (354 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 16 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/DIA13OLICAL]

I don't know why he left it out of the video, but he emailed the people who make the lock to ask about this obvious problem, and they replied with this:

the lock is invincible to the people who do not have a screwdriver

https://twitter.com/LockPickingLwyr/status/1007613178249965569

[u/picklejuicing]

Skip to 4:45

[u/LittleRedLamps]

I wonder if they regret sending that guy the lock.

[u/Lewisplqbmc]

You'd have better luck leaving a nice note.

"Pls don't steal my stuff"

[u/Fenixstorm1]

I feel like a lot of these finger print locks are designed by tech guys for functionality and design simplicity instead of security experts who have worked in that particular field.

Either that or they're just trying to make the device as cheap as possible and generate a large amount of margin through selling it at absurd prices.

[u/TenchiRyokoMuyo]

I run a storage facility. Any padlocks is trash in my opinion. I've got a massive pair of bolt cutters that can crush most any shackle size or hardness. Even the ones that claim to be 'hardened' or 'Titanium', are nothing compared to these bolt cutters.

Disc locks are the only way to prevent Bolt cutting. You want no visible screws, and it should be WELDED shut. Word Locks are just as bad, a thin piece of metal wedged between one of those letter discs, you can release the latch on the shackle. Physical keys are best option, if it has anti-pick measures. Even these can be bypassed in tricky ways however, and I've come to believe, if someone REALLY wants to get through a lock, they'll get through a lock.

[u/smokey2535]

Here is a similar lock thats also easy to open.

[u/eclifox]

Lets be frank here, all/most locks aren't made to stop criminals, it's to keep honest people honest, a criminal can easy use bolt cutters to break most locks. I think this can be used on low risk areas and not carrying a key can be some what handy.

This would be useful if I want to lock my bike for 5 minutes while I buy some groceries in a busy area. But for high risk areas like a bad part of town or leaving it for extended period of time, I'd say no.

Ultimately you're paying for 'toy' lock but 'toy' locks aren't entirely useless

[u/mollekake_reddit]

If they had it sealed, and not idiotic screws, it would be a LOT better lock. Not too shabby if they fixed that.