Locksmiths

Keyhole Surgery: Operation for the Less Than Ethical

7:40AM December 3, 2008 | Mark Wilson

While some of us invest points into intelligence to become doctors, others of us pour those stats into perception and agility to take a different route…

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Software

Software Can Duplicate Your Keys Using a Photo Taken From 60 Metres Away

8:00AM October 31, 2008 | Sean Fallon

There are skilled locksmiths out there that can reproduce a key from high-resolution images, but new software developed by computer scientists at UC San Diego has simplified the process to a frightening degree. In fact, their “Sneakey” system can reproduce a key with only a grainy mobile phone image or, in one case, a picture taken from 60 metres away with a five-inch telephoto lens.

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