Angelina destroying the belt will obviously leave pretty significant evidence in form of the destroyed belt 😉
On the other hand the Burgwatcher padlocks used on My-Steel belts are quite small, which obviously makes both picking or even bypassing them easier. The mechanical design of the locking plate probably precludes shimming (the lock itself can be shimmed more or less by design), but I would not be surprised if there was another bypass vulnerability. Well I probably should buy the lock and try that.
curious well, that is one of the good things about the “vending machine” lock. The easiest attack involves readily available tool and outright decoding it, handpicking gets tedious very fast because of how many times you have to turn it. And getting the mechanism somehow stuck is a recipe for power tools.
On the other hand, usually the internal mechanism of the lock (or in case of padlocks the lock body itself) is made of brass. And it can be pretty safely etched away for the lock to just open with ferric chloride (it leaves indelible marks on just about anything including skin, but it will not burn you and as the skin regenerates the mark is about as much permanent as henna “tattoo”).
