I once saw a PC security case where instead of the lock cylinder retracting a bolt, it turned a screw thread and opened the case by about half a millimeter. It took the guy unlocking it a good fifty turns to get the PC out of it.

And there were two - one on each side. What's more, it was a tubular lock, so if you were single-pin picking you'd have to pick it 5 times per rotation.

Nothing that would stand up to a battery powered angle grinder, of course.

I don't know anyone that would SPP a tubular lock in the field.

$40 for tools designed to pick all pins at once and make a "key" with some quick impressioning motions.

Some do have spool pins. In those cases you will need manual fiddling to pick it once then you have a key to keep spinning.

Still, sounds like an interesting design. Link?

I was under the impression impressioning relied on all the lock's springs and driver pins being identical, and that better tubular locks avoided that?

I looked for a picture of the case but couldn't find one. I was in that college CAD lab... quite a long time ago.

Tubular locks are trivial to pick and the lock turning the screw mentioned above would be just as simple with a tubular pick than with the original key.

In a world where I am the one choosing the locks.

I taught everyone else involved to lockpick in the first place and chose locks well beyond any of our skill levels to pick.

It's a gentleman's sport.

In a world where keyboards are open source programmable devices: https://qmk.fm/

In the world where one is a firmware exploit developer and don't know how to pick locks...?

We were all capable of both and had to plan accordingly.

If you don't know how to pick a lock it's a lot easier. I assume I could learn but I know a lot more about firmware than barrels.

and what's this site we are on's name again ?

Harder to spot visibly?

software problem, not a hardware problem. :)