Comments on: Why Combination Padlocks Are Totally Insecure

By: mtnbkr

mtnbkr — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:14:23 +0000

I’ve picked a few of those in high school with a filed down bobby pin in about 2 seconds. Nothing to it.

By: bikerider

bikerider — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:56:11 +0000

um, yeah.

the “no real security” statement is a joke, right?

For starters, that might work on the lock in the video, but it won’t work on my masterlock, I just tried it and it will chew up your pop-can shim just like his chewed up the “commercial” shim.

Second, when the lock is on a hasp or otherwise used to secure something, you don’t always have room to screw with it the way you do when it is loose and in your hand.

Third, why not cut the chain or tear the hasp off the door/whatever? A bolt cutter is quick and easy and will work purely by giving you enough leverage to pry open a cheap lock, you don’t need to cut anything.

No lock is impervious, they just keep things closed against casual fiddling. One can usually find a way around a padlock easier than trying to open the lock itself.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:11:52 +0000

Interesting… takes some practice to get it right. I asked a friend of mine who works at Master Lock about it, he said that by summer of 2009 their style of these combo locks will have an internal device to prevent this, so pick ‘em while you can!

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Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:45:55 +0000

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By: hthth

hthth — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:21:11 +0000

Haha. Yeah.

I guess all we need now is a video on how to get away with murder and we’re all set to become super-villains *grin*

By: The Man

The Man — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:39:53 +0000

That was an awesome demonstration of how to actually pick a combo lock Hrafn. Though I must say I think I’d be too impatient to do it and probably end up breaking out a can and making a shim. :-)

John

By: hthth

hthth — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:13:13 +0000

On similar notes, here's a demo on how to minimize potential combination sequences from 46.000 to 100.