sobriquet.net » video http://sobriquet.net Richard Rosalion's personal blog Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:06:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 If an 11-year-old can do it… http://sobriquet.net/2006/08/28/key-bumping/ http://sobriquet.net/2006/08/28/key-bumping/#comments Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:11:30 +0000 Richard Rosalion http://sobriquet.net/2006/08/28/key-bumping/ I’d never heard of this before today, and I’m guessing not many other people (who don’t read the same junk online that I do) haven’t either. Apparently, there’s a lock “picking” technique called “key bumping”, which allows almost any modern lock to be opened by someone with almost no experience (an 11 year old girl managed to open a lock in seconds without any previous knowledge) and a few simple tools (obtainable at any hardware shop).

It’s amazing how much stuff is available online about key-bumping, and I can’t believe it hasn’t been a major problem (or at least, we haven’t heard of it) in Australia yet.

Of course, one of the major problems with this is that it leaves no evidence of a break in – any insurance company you know of that would pay up under these circumstances?

Below are a couple of short videos demonstrating key bumping. Firstly, a quick “howto” guide on key bumping:

And another one (in Dutch – with subtitles) explaining some of the theory and repercussions of this technique, and what the “pros” (professional locksmiths/lock pickers) think of the technique.

anyone else scared?

]]> http://sobriquet.net/2006/08/28/key-bumping/feed/ 0 -37.797 145.098 Happy New Year! http://sobriquet.net/2006/01/01/nye-2006/ http://sobriquet.net/2006/01/01/nye-2006/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:49:18 +0000 Richard Rosalion http://sobriquet.net/?p=92 Well, I was out of Melbourne for new years, so I missed the fireworks, and instead was in 46 degree Horsham.

Anyway, I just came accross this video and thought others might be interested in it too. Hopefully you should be able to view this directly on this page, if not try visiting YouTube, where the video is hosted.

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