[tripzilch]

Well it matters as a real-life not-too-technical example of why governments' desire to require a similar "master key" concept in cryptography is a really bad idea.

So we can say "remember what happened with the TSA master keys?". And even if they argue that nothing real bad happened because of this breach, we can say "well yes, because the locks weren't very secure to begin with, so it really was a pretty bad idea from the start".

BTW, about the locks not being secure, isn't that the case for almost every lock? Like, don't locks become real expensive very quickly once they start approaching some basic notions of actual security that would keep at least an amateur lockpick at bay? (including securing the stuff around the lock, like zippers, cloth, etc)