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How to Open Combination Locks Without a Key or Combination

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Breaking into a low-security lock is easy (and thus, why it's the subject of a googolplex number of Youtube tutorials made by mischievous prepubescent boys). But add a combination number to a lock and your lock-picking life gets much harder.

Learn how to break a padlock and a combination lock without any sort of key or combination. It's a trick that'll impress your less-enlightened lock-picker friends.

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