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.
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!
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.
Headline needs more allcaps and exclamation points.
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.
Same basic principle as any lock pick. Apply tension, bump tumblers into place.
The same technique works on terrorists to unlock information
BTT