Technique for cracking American Padlocks
"Then he ditches the first bike and snips another cable or cracks a hardware-store-sold padlock such as this, known as “the potato lock” for its round shape and potato-like ubiquity. Using the screwdriver as a chisel and the wrench as a hammer, he pops the cylinder of the potato lock with three elegant whacks (which he happily demonstrated)."
This is the lock the author is referring to:
http://www.americanlock.com/solid_body_ ... dlocks.jsp
I always viewed these locks as fairly strong re brute strength attacks. Anyone aware of this technique?