Blame YouTube For Lock Picking?

Over on Techdirt there is an article up talking about how there is another case of misplaced blame aimed directly at the popular video hosting and sharing service YouTube.

It seems that people are freaking out that there are video tutorials on how to pick locks currently hosted on YouTube. What does Techdirt have to say about that?

Locks can be picked -- that's a fact. YouTube isn't the problem here. In some ways, this is the same "security by obscurity" discussion that happens all the time -- though some claim that it's different with physical locks, because they're not as easy to "patch." Of course, all of that assumes that it's these newly available videos and explanations that are leading to more malicious lockpicking. The fact is that the locks are vulnerable. Denying that by hiding the videos on YouTube doesn't solve much. If someone really wants to pick your locks, they'll find a way -- YouTube videos or no YouTube videos.

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