EEVblog 1494 - 5 Ways To Open A Cheap Safe

[EEVblog]

Dave demonstrates FIVE different easy methods to crack into a cheap Sandleford safe he found in the dumster, WITHOUT using physical force. Including a bonus 6th method that doesn't work on this one.
Don't buy cheap hardware store safes, they are garbage!
Also advice on what to look for in a good quality safe.

00:00 - Don't buy cheap harwdare store safes!
00:47 - The Default Code
01:29 - Picking the cheap wafer lock
02:42 - Bumping the safe
03:28 - How bumping works. A look inside the mechanism
06:35 - Just punch out the cheap lock
07:11 - Coathanger attack
08:24 - They tried to prevent it and STILL failed! LOL
09:23 - Solenoid & Reset code wire attack
11:42 - The physical construction is just LAUGHABLE!
12:36 - Magnetic attack
13:03 - LOL I locked myself out & have to pick it again!
13:41 - So what IS a good quality safe?
16:35 - TDR Safes
17:50 - Inside a good quality key lock safe
19:12 - Conclusion

[golden_labels]

Even those are not useless. In some scenarios the threat model is limited to things like money having weird tendency to stick to worker’s hands. A simple metal case or a box like that is enough to deter most of such opportunistic attempts.

The problem is that they are advertised as if they were high-security devices, deceiving buyers. That’s on a verge of being a scam.

[nctnico]

AFAIK these safes are more oriented to give some protection against fire. Not thieves. Also don't rule out the human factor when robbers are faced with an uncrackable safe; they might start cracking the skulls of your loved ones in order to obtain the code.

[EEVblog]

AFAIK these safes are more oriented to give some protection against fire.

If you think this a fire rated safe then I've got a bridge to sell you! 

[nctnico]

That is why I wrote 'some protection'. Like in better than a card board box.