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- From: entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu (maximum entropy)
- Subject: Re: Master-key theory
- In-Reply-To: psionic@wam.umd.edu's message of 11 Nov 92 05:47:05 GMT
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 01:24:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov11.054705.16261@wam.umd.edu> psionic@wam.umd.edu (Sixth Plane of Hell) writes:
-
- >On the subject of master key systems you can try one method to pick them
- >called appropriately "key picking'
- [...]
- >You'll find that many times in worn systems that the lock will open because
- >you have actually "picked" it with the key.
-
- This actually has more to do with how bad a lock is, regardless of how
- it got that way (wear, lousy manufacture, excessive mastering).
-
- I was annoyed that I couldn't get a lock for the glove compartment of
- my car with the same key as the ignition, after the compartment latch
- busted (my key ring already weighs more than I do). I was also
- annoyed that the damn thing came in a sealed unit so I couldn't even
- take it apart and fix it to work with my ignition key without a lot of
- hassle. I was much less annoyed when I found out it could be
- key-picked in 4 seconds with the ignition key. This was a brand new
- lock, and probably not mastered (no point to it).
-
- I haven't tried opening the doors or starting the car with the glove
- compartment key. I really don't want to know.
-
- entropy
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