Wednesday, December 02, 2015 9:34:37 AM · by C19fan · 13 replies
The Crimson ^ | December 1, 2015 | Meg P. Bernhard
After all - If there is 'Master" in the title - is must be racist.
Posted on 12/02/2015 7:48:37 AM PST by bkopto
Lock picking isn’t particularly difficult. Just takes some dedication to learning the subtleties and actually _doing_ it.
Almost all mechanical locks, excepting Medeco (and only certain Medeco) and Abloy Protec2 can be bumped or forced in minutes by almost anyone.
I got locked out of my house, got on my iPhone, and figured out how to pop the Schlage deadbolt faster than the locksmith could show up. About 15 minutes of learning and 5 minutes of doing.
wow, never thought these were so worthless.
There are dozens of YouTube Videos available on this.
A hardware hacker!
Guess the quality has gone down from the days of nailing it with a rifle shot.I remember those old commercials.
I’m betting the same will happen many other brands.
One minute? The guy is slow. Back when I was in practice I could open a padlock faster with picks than a key (set your tension, slide in the rake, bang). And even without picks a good hit at the right angle can pop them. The main advantage of Master Locks is they’re built solidly enough to still be usable after you smack it open.
The rifle shot looked good in a commercial, but even then anybody that knew anything about opening locks knew that’s not where or how you hit a padlock to force it open.
Headline needs more allcaps and exclamation points.
lol
Locks keep honest people honest, nothing more. Real security is all about difficulty and intimidation.
Back in 1960, we were told to use ONLY Master Locks on our school lockers. The worst lock to use was SLAYMAKER. A real piece of junk.
Now what brand did all the stores carry? Yep. Slaymaker. Couldn’t find a good Master Lock anywhere.
A lock only keeps an honest man honest.
That’s an insightful statement. Thanks.
Good locks are expensive.
Best solution is good insurance.
Y came across a combination padlock in my gragae junk. Had no idea what the combination was, so I went online and found out how to open it without the combination ... soda cans are everywhere.
Also they get the dishonest but lazy to move to the next target. Why bother forcing open your door when your neighbor's will just open?
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