locks
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Researchers Find a Way to Copy Keys Using the Sounds They Make Inside a Lock
Keyed locks are relatively easy to pick if you’ve spent enough time mastering the skill. But researchers at the National University of Singapore have just made it even easier. If you can use a smartphone to record a sound, you can capture all the information you need to create a working duplicate of a key.
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A 3D-Printed, PIN-Protected Door Lock Won’t Protect Your Home But It Sure Looks Cool
3D printers may have failed as a home appliance, but researchers at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut aren’t ready to give up on them just yet. Last year they successfully 3D-printed a working door handle without any moving parts, and this year they’re following it up with a 3D-printed, PIN-protected door lock.
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Melting A Lock With A Torch Is A Great Way To Break It Open
Video: Locks are meant to be broken. Torches are meant to wield fire. So it makes total sense to use a torch to melt the hell out of a lock to bust it open, right? Exactly! Watch as the fire from this torch completely obliterates the lock, so much so that it just oozes open…
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Watch A Magnet Inside A Sock Break Open A Safe In Seconds
Video: Safes, locks and other security measures of that nature? They’re all eventually doomed because they’re designed to open. It’s just a matter of how long it takes. With the help of rare earth magnets, it takes just seconds. Here is Mr Locksmith demonstrating how a rare earth magnet can exploit the nickel piece in…