The "device" that pops the entire lock out of a GM vehicle has been in use in this country for at least 25 years of which I am aware. In other words, it's nothing new.
And this "device" works equally well on most Japanese vehicles...Hondas are among the top vehicles preferred by those who steal cars.
LOL
I remember using a slide hammer on a clutch bushing back in the early 1960s when I worked at a garage as a teenager, they certainly weren't new then.