Lock Bumping (Serious security threat, please read -VANITY)

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[dubie]

A friend sent around a YouTube video of a local newscast discussing something called "lock bumping". Apparently there's an onslaught of websites dedicated to showing people how to EASILY defeat virtually any common house lock including deadbolts by doing some special cuts in standard keys and then tapping the key to open the door. I found it a VERY alarming, and wanted to share this with you all...

Here are some links to check it out for yourself.

This is the link to the YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr23tpWX8lM

This is a site that shows you how to do it — great for the petty thief...
http://www.bumpkey.us/11-Keys-Bump-Key-Package-p-42.html?gclid=CIL1wuDU74oCFQvXgAodaGUMlQ

And another:
http://www.hackaday.com/2005/08/24/lock-bumping-revisited/

And another:
http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/000276.html

Here's what Snopes has to say about it:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/bumpkeys.asp

Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_bumping

Here are links for how to defeat this phenomenon:
http://www.medeco.com/about/whats_new/pr/bump.html

The other recommended lock is the Schlage... Primus series.

[dubie]

Very scary... I followed some of the links and also found a another video who's group is dedicated to defeating locks. http://www.toool.nl

[TonyRo76]

All the more reason to protect one's home with a firearm.

[RadioAstronomer]

I use Miwa magnetic locks for my house and my Vette is keyless. :-)

[KoRn]

Not good. Copied and pasted. I don't expect this thread to be around long. =)

[misharu]

I saw this story on my local news a few months ago. Its one reason I have three dogs.

[cripplecreek]

At this point I don't even know if I have a key to the house anymore and the keys are always in my vehicles.

[teenyelliott]

1. Big dog

2. Big gun

If someone wants to get in your house, they will find a way no matter what.

[RadioAstronomer]

No dog, rarely there - lots of insurance. :-)

[lightman]

Generally not a good idea to try this as the mere possession of a "master key" is a felony in many states.

[OSHA]

LOL I don't have any idea where the keys to my house are. It is never locked. Anyone that will open the door with Ranger the Doberman on the other side of the glass is welcome to whatever he wants.

[Deguello]

If your vehicle Anti Theft Device is a large dog chained to the bumper; you might be a redneck.

[mtbopfuyn]

Those key sets are $32. Actually I've wondered why bother with locks when knocking out a window is quicker.

How many who do own guns would have to tell the burglar to wait a few minutes until they climbed to the top of the closet and got down the gun, found the key to unlock it, and then rummaged around to find some bullets.

And those who do rely on Rover and King to patrol the perimeter, really think they'd come home to shewn body parts around the yard or happy puppies licking their victim?

Locks only keep out honest people.

[dubie]

just google "lock bumping"

[dashing doofus]

bump.

[Mr. Lucky]

You must live in da U P, eh?

[wafflehouse]

interesting.. bookmark for later

[dashing doofus]

"How many who do own guns would have to tell the burglar to wait a few minutes until they climbed to the top of the closet and got down the gun, found the key to unlock it, and then rummaged around to find some bullets."

If that is the condition someone leaves a gun for home defense, they are better off without owning a firearm.

There are gun safes with silent touch locks that spring open, so that you can access your loaded handgun within 3 seconds. Combined with a few well placed portable IR motion detectors, it would be very tough for someone to get to your defense area without being right between the sights...

[cripplecreek]

Nah, I live in Jackson county in a heavily armed small town.

[Mr. Lucky]

So any burglar could probably expect to meet his Waterloo?

[jdub]

I saw this on tv a while back. They had locksmiths trying to use the system. Only one, with much effort, was able to get a lock open and none like the videos that are on the internet. Doesn't mean it doesn't work, but IMO its kinda like Carnies being able to show you how easy their games are so they can empty your wallet.

[Tribune7]

The bad guys already know this stuff. Now you know they know it.

[TexasTransplant]

I live in Texas, I am armed, have great neighbors, 5 acres and I own a shovel.

No worries

TT

[Filo]

my Vette is keyless. :-)

No it's not, unless you have a custom. . . :) But none of this is really news. Locks and the doors around them have always been easy for motivated people to defeat. The .357 on the far side, however, is far more difficult to get around.

[Xenalyte]

How many who do own guns would have to tell the burglar to wait a few minutes until they climbed to the top of the closet and got down the gun, found the key to unlock it, and then rummaged around to find some bullets.

Whoever would store a gun like that deserves to be robbed.

Reminds me of my college roommate, who was scared of our Glock. She kept the gun in her room and made me keep the magazine in mine.

I mean, really. Teach your kids well, and they won't play with guns. The key to gun safety is that for every time a child touches a gun, he gets to clean it three times.

[RadioAstronomer]

You talking the emergency entrance? However, try starting the engine. :-)

[Ditter]

I have so many [SECURITY DOG] signs around my house that 2 big black guys were afraid to deliver my new clothes dryer. he he

[Clara Lou]

A firearm doesn't do much good if someone breaks in while you're away at work. A large, unfriendly dog on the inside works better in that case.

[S.O.S121.500]

BOOKbump

[SauronOfMordor]

There are gun safes with silent touch locks that spring open, so that you can access your loaded handgun within 3 seconds.

And the purpose of the dog is to give you those 3 to 5 secs to get to your gun.

[RonInNaples]

Not I! An unloaded gun is an expensive rock and if you don't have an arm you're not going to hurt anyone with it when you throw it at them!

Or the other popular safety mechanism - the trigger lock to "protect the kids". Excuse me? The gun does the protecting and the kids have been taught to respect it and use it if necessary. They've known the difference between real guns and toy guns since they were old enough to play with the toys. They've seen what that toy gun does when you point it at something, pull the trigger and say "bang, bang", and what the real gun does when you point it at a target or can, pull the trigger, and the gun goes "BANG".

Funny thing but not a one of my endless supply of cousins nor me were injured or killed by a gun and all of our fathers were in the military, were hunters, or were cops - or all three. We all grew up knowing that a gun was not a toy and that you only pointed it at someone that you really intended to cause grievious bodily harm to. None of us are in jail, none of us has killed intentionally or accidentally, and contrary to what a liberal gun-grabber might think we are all pretty normal.

Well, the liberal wouldn't find us normal - almost all of us are conservatives. But we haven't shot those who aren't - yet!

[tutstar]

ping a ling...

[Publius6961]

BUMP!

[Fierce Allegiance]

Locks only keep out honest people anyway.

I have nothing worth stealing, or that I can't easily replace. The rest is protected by an armed guard and/or a wimpy guard dog.

[freekitty]

Years ago, I had a Great Dane. She was around 6 months at the time. Just had her ears cropped(when they did that)with two white cones on them held up with a bandage. Apparently there were 2 men that were scoping our house out. One day, I was home and my neighbor called and said these men were coming into my backyard. My husband was at work and I was alone with the exception of my dog. Of course, I was about to faint; but had the presence of mind to open the door and let her out. You have never seen 2 men get out of a yard faster. I wonder if it was because she looked like an alien from outer space? Whatever, her size and and ears were all that was needed. I have had big dogs as well as little dogs(You should hear the story about the Saint Bernard who licked the burglar and the chihuahua who lived with him tore the burglar to bits. Ripped his shirt right off) since.

[discostu]

Like all methods of picking locks it takes a lot of practice to do well, practice most criminals aren't going to bother putting in (if they were willing to put that much effort into getting money they'd get a regular job). And the criminal who is willing to put in that kind of work is going to beat any security system that isn't bank or museum grade. For the most part you lock your doors to keep out the "jigglers" (guys that jiggle doorknobs looking for really easy break-ins).

[amchugh]

Lockpicking and key bumping is for TV. Most burglaries I've seen the aftermath of involved kicking the door so hard it's barely on the hinges afterwards.

[Old Professer]

[Eclectica]

Locks only keep out honest people anyway.

To open a key-in-knob lock, use Vise-Grips®.

To open the "bolt-lock" above it, use a pipe wrench: takes about ten seconds to do both.

[webboy45]

A good deadbolt has a hardened steel ring that's sloped. A pipe wrench can't get a good grip on it, and even if it does the ring just turns leaving no damage to the lock.

[TonyRo76]

» A large, unfriendly dog on the inside works better in that case.

True...good to have another reliable line of defense.

:)

[dashing doofus]

"Well, the liberal wouldn't find us normal - almost all of us are conservatives"

Liberals don't think I am "normal", either, for keeping a loaded Beretta within arms reach while at home. They would like me to rely on 911 for protection, like they do. (Have you seen the bumper sticker: My 1911 beats your 911?) In a small town like mine though, the cops may take a half hour to arrive. Besides, I think libs are fools for thinking that the cops primary job is to protect them, rather than investigate crimes. As my handgun instructor says, "I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop."

[SShultz460]

Sounded like a sales pitch to me

[Xenophon450]

Wonder if there is anywhere a pet bear would be legal...

[dalereed]

As the old saying goes: Locks are made for honest people.

Crooks will find a way in and in most cases easier than picking a lock.

[B4Ranch]

Lock bumping works on friction. The slower the pins in a lock move the easier it is to 'bump' a lock.

Buy a tube of powdered graphite and squirt some into all your locks. Then open and close the locks a few times using your key.

Then just for the heck of it give the locks another short squirt of graphite.

Or change all your locks to electronic ones.

[RightWhale]

Locks keep honest people out.

[Isabel C.]

...and my Vette is keyless.

Chevette?

[tacticalogic]

Buy a tube of powdered graphite and squirt some into all your locks.

I worked on a PC that some idiot had taken a tube of graphite to the case lock. Powdered graphite all over the motherboard. Shorted everthing out.

[RadioAstronomer]

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