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Last time I looked I couldn’t find any convincing videos of anyone picking an Abloy Protec2 cylinder. Abloy cylinders aren’t that uncommon so I took that as a sign of these locks being basically unpickable rather than nobody trying.


> Abloy Protec2 cylinder

Something I hear quite often in lock picking circles is "The only quick/reliable bypass for a Protec2 is a titanium drill bit"

They are exceptionally difficult to try and bypass with traditional methods.

I've been picking as a hobby for 15+ years and picking the Protec2 is a pipe dream I spent far too long chasing. Never got it.


For people who don't know much about drill bits, but know that steel is harder than titanium, it's a drill coating of titanium nitride or similar according to wikipedia that makes it harder than stainless steel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit#Coatings




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