Lock issue

[benVFR]

It seems that you can pick certain types of barrel-style locks with a ball point pen...

I just managed to do it on a laptop lock here..

Others that are rumored to be vulnerable:

Kryptonite Bicycle U-Locks (Yah the ones everyone says are the best)
Many motorcycle disc locks (Kryptonite makes some of them)
H-D ignition cylinders. :O

You just separate the pieces of the pen and jam the open end of the pen cylinder into the lock and twist/bend it around and if you're lucky it will hit all the tumblers and the lock opens.

Just something to watch out for... sell your kryptonite stock!

Ben

[slingblade]

Yikes! Thats not good news at all.

[hohum]

Its even more effective if you file small V shaped notches into the barrel of the pen...

Hence my kryptonite combo lock!

for those bastards who stole my pedal bike this way!

Cheers,
Chris

[TheIglu]

Hey Ben,

I bet if you left that laptop outside under the bush on the far corner of the parking garage, I'd be mighty obliged

[benVFR]

I hadn't ever locked my laptop in the office anyway.. I take it home.

Now that I saw this I just tried it (I have a lock in my office but no key for it)

I now realize I sold my old Kryptonite Disc lock... damn I wanted to try and pick it when I got home.

I only used the disc lock when I went to RPI (Troy NY) to visit anyway!

Ben

[ssg]

but the real question is how long did it take you and what did you use for a tension wrench?


The $17 laptop locks are a joke though, they have cut grooves in the key cyl so you think its a 6/8 pin lock when really its like 3 if that. But still most cyl. style locks are cheese if you have a bic biro bp pen and a leatherman micra handy, unfortunately for us . I guess they figure the average white-collar type to not be carrying these objects though

[Stoneman]

FWIW-You can pick just about any lock w/ two heavy duty paper clips that've been straightened if you know what to listen & feel for...

[ssg]

Originally posted by Stoneman
FWIW-You can pick just about any lock w/ two heavy duty paper clips that've been straightened if you know what to listen & feel for...

90% rider 10% bike strikes again

[cropover20]

I just spoke with customer service and they will have a remedy by 9-17-04. And yes I tried it and opened my lock in less than 5 mins the 1st time, then less than 20 seconds the second time.

1-800-SAY-LOCK (USA)
781-828-6655 (outside USA)
437 Turnpike Street
Canton, MA 02021, US

[MsHap]

Holy Crap!

I do not have one of those but my ignition is a barrel thing. I am going to try opening it when it stops raining.

[SEVENSGT]

don't ya know I can't find a bic anywhere in the house! Looking at my lock, all the pins are different lenghts, and they open at different levels(not all the way down), and lastly there is a notch in the center cylinder that needs to turn..... Gotta find a bic