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security that's pretty important today we're gonna talk about two methods of securing your stuff one is this high-tech fingerprint scanning padlock from tap lock we'll see if we can physically hack our way into it and see how it works and the second is securing yourself online or on your cell phone with a VPN huge thanks to Nord VPN for sponsoring this video let's get started unlocking smart phones with fingerprints has been around for years now it's effective and pretty darn efficient today we have a padlock that can use a fingerprint unlock the tap lock one it seems pretty high-tech it's been seen on CNN unbox therapy and raised over $300,000 on IndieGoGo last year before going into production and like always on my channel we're gonna see how it works from the inside you might be thinking to yourself hey Jerry it seems pretty cool why shouldn't I buy it well let me tell you the little guy has a proprietary charging port and a power button down at the bottom nothing wrong with that yet one click of the power button activates the fingerprint scanner which allows you to scan one of your fingers and unlock the lock pretty simple right I'm a fan of it so far the little contraption can hold 500 different fingerprints and has a one-year battery life it's even ip66 water-resistant so as long as your treasure chest isn't locked up underwater it'll still work just fine in the rain or the elements thumbs up for all of that so far plus the whole thing is made for metal which makes you think it would be hard to get inside of but sit tight and let's find out scratching up the face revealed the whole front of the lock with solid metal and the sides are also metal and even the back of the tap lock is metal with no visible openings or so I thought at first it didn't appear that the back was removable it wouldn't pry off when I tried before I break out the heavy artillery though and review this from the inside let's scratch the fingerprint scanner a few initial scratches and the lock still opens just fine you can hear the little motor inside motoring up the shackle and unlocking the padlock even after a few more scratches the lock still functions so far it appears to be solidly constructed durable and secure or so at least that's what I thought let's keep going I broke out the dremel to gauge the thickness of the metal but trying to cut through the stainless steel and advertised anti shim and anti pride assign my dremel just wasn't making it through the body even dribbling through the fingerprint scanner itself there was zero weights for a hacker to unlock the lock and steal your stuff like your bike or your sweaty gym clothes from this side it was only after I brought out the big guns that I find the fatal flaw in tap locks design you devout here that I realized and back panel of the lock wasn't secured at all right next to that sliced in half with the mi on battery it just falls away from the law apparently I was opening it wrong before it doesn't pry off it's a twist to unlock like a jar I couldn't see that until I had a view from the inside I'll be testing my twist off theory in a second digging deeper there were three normal Phillips head screws on the back half of the lock and once those were unscrewed the face of the lock fell away revealing more normal Phillips head screws and a metal plate covering the motor once those were gone and I got inside I can lift up the locking bar in the center and the shackle comes completely free from the housing exposing your goods to the world if my theory is correct anyone with a simple screwdriver could hack this lock in under 30 seconds so should we try it yeah we should I went out and bought another $100 brand-new tap lock available on new egg and Best Buy opened up the box and twisted off the back of the lock like an expensive cookie jar using a GoPro mount revealing a battery and three screws and in the space of about 30 seconds I had the front panel off and it's screws removed and the locking bar up and out of the lock housing and all of my stuff that was previously locked up in the shackle is now not my stuff anymore obviously a thief walking around with bolt cutters could totally steal your bike in about 30 seconds as well but no one is ever going to call the cops on a guy with the screwdriver this lock just doesn't do a good job of locking tap lock could easily fix this problem by welding the back shut or even using proprietary screws inside instead of a normal Phillips head I'll be more than happy to make a follow-up video if tap lock decides to fix these issues with the next version of their lock as of right now though the lock costs $100 and can easily be hacked in 30 seconds by anyone with the normal screwdriver and a GoPro mount so I just can't really recommend anyone buy it bad guys are always gonna find a way to figure out how to do bad stuff so it's good to find out from the good guys if there's a flaw or not in the system and speaking of good guys rated 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