NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/sci/crypt/3262

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From: [e-mail] (Lee A. Jorgensen)
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Subject: Locks (was Re: "Sneakers" ...)
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Date: 16 Sep 92 03:47:39 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Stephen Williams) writes:
)[e-mail] (Leonard Erickson) writes:
):
): most cheap "number wheel" bike locks *do* work that way. Put tension
): on the lock, then spin the cylinders. One will bind as it hits the
): correct number. Then you spin the remaining ones. One of *them* will
): bind. Etc. It takes about a minute to open. :-)
):
): I know of no *decent* lock that behaves this way. But there are a lot
): of junk locks out there!
)
)A good lock has a cog that the (??) 'lever' has to drop into before
)testing whether that 'tumbler' is in the right position.
)
)These should be secure without much tolerance (at least to me... :-)).
)
)The easy ones allow movement with pressure on the tumblers.

There is a way to even pick Master Paddlelocks.  If you know what to 'feel'
for in the lock mechanism.  I have picked a few, but after about 10-15 minutes.
Also, I have gotten 2 of the 3 numbers with the person right there verifing
the technique.

BUT, I out-grew this fascination and don't condone it anymore.

-Lee.

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