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Crack any Master Lock combination lock in eight tries or less

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Old news (Score: 1)

by reziac@pipedot.org on 2015-05-02 16:50 (#88ZV)

When the user can feel the innards working, the user can figure out where to stop dialing. I didn't realise there was a specific procedure, but when I was a kid I'd snag "lost combination" locks from the trash and work it out by feel. Mind you this was 40 years ago. Apparently combination locks haven't changed much.

Re: Old news (Score: 1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-05-02 19:20 (#890H)

My guess, based on vague memories of looking inside new and old Master locks (old from ~40 years ago, like you) is that it's even easier now--due to cost reductions. For example, what used to be machined from a block of steel, is now made from stamped out plates that are stacked up.

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2015-05-02 21:10 Interesting +1 zafiro17@pipedot.org

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Marked as [Not Junk] by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-05-31 06:22