Tracy Smith
This is apparently not a new problem.
http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/daily-news/article.php?id=4637
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Tracy Smith
Off The Front Marketing
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Wexler [mailto:mark.w-@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:18 AM
To: ob-@topica.com; brando-@member.aiche.org
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] Kryptonite locks
This technique is also found to open cylindrical locks made by
Kensington for laptop computers. The technique uses a bit of cardboard
wrapped around the pen.
==mark
brando-@member.aiche.org wrote:
I opened my 10 year old kryptolok yesterday using the pen trick in
about
30
seconds, I had to cut a slit in the pen to get it into the barrel of
the
lock but it worked. I tried it on another newer lock and couldn't get
it
to
turn after a couple minutes of trying even though the pen fit easier.
There's been a couple postings by locksmiths on the original
bikeforums
thread about why the pen trick works (it's an inherent flaw in the
round
key
design). The original poster on bikeforums did this on a brand new
lock
and
a number of the follow-up posters have said they went to their LBS and
opened half the locks in the shop.
Word is already out there, with it being this easy this will lead to
more
"casual" bike thieves. The hardcore thieves would find a way to get
the
bike
no matter what but when it's this easy there will be more people who
will
try it for kicks (and how suspicious is a bic pen anyways).
If you use a lock with a round key you really should stop using it and
switch to a different kind of lock (like a masterlock and chain) at
least
for now. Any lock can be defeated but it just shouldn't be this easy.
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron M Harrison [mailto:rambob-@juno.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 6:01 AM
To: ob-@topica.com
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Kryptonite locks
Sadly, the Bic pen trick works! I was able to open a brand-new
Kryptonite
EV2000 lock more than a dozen times yesterday! It was a little tricky
reclosing the locking cylinder, but I suspect your average thief isn't
too interested in reclosing your lock. I tried it later in the evening
at
home on a much older Kryptonite lock and couldn't get the pen to fit -
apparently the center pin/cylinder on the new Krypto locks are smaller
than their older locks.
Aaron "Rambo" Harrison
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Mark Wexler
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