Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Why even worry about it? Locks only are a deterrent - if you have something and someone wants it they will sidestep your efforts - sometimes valiant, to get the goods. Get rid of the key altogether and go electronic or combination if you're overly paranoid. Also consider the installation of a video surveillance system.
As I said before, I want evidence someone has broken in. Bump keys dont leave that evidence. Lockpicking usually does leave evidence.
If someone wants to break into your house bad enough, all the security measures in the world wont stop them.
So I don't particularly care about additional deterants, or paranoid camera solutions. I just want to fix one problem, the problem of bump keys leaving no evidence someone has broken in.
Originally posted by: BrownTown
This is nothing new, picking locks via various methods has been around as long as there have been locks. This actually looks jsut as difficult if not more than raking a lock. I've never tried using a bomb key, but i've made a rake from a paperclip that could pick all the locks in my dorm, nothing hard, i read the MIT lockpicking guide and made a pick in 10 minutes. The thing you have to understand is that all security can be breached, especilly something as cheap and common as a normal lock.
Its bump key not bomb key. Its far easier than raking a lock.
You need to watch some of the videos out there on bump keys. If you have the time, find a video called whatthebump.wmv and watch it.
They are incredibly easy to create. And once created you can open all locks that accept that key blank. (For instance, in my neighborhood, all houses used one sub contractor with one style of locks. A single bump key could open all the houses in my upscale neighborhood).
One demonstration video a guy creates a bump key within about 2 minutes (includes filing time) and it works. As well, you dont even have to be particularly exact when filing, the hard metal of the lock itself will "correct" many deficiancies in the soft metal of the key when bumping.
Once you have the bump key it only takes a couple seconds to enter any door that will accept that key blank. If you go lockpicking a populated area you might very well be noticed and someone might call the cops. With a bump key since you are inside within a couple seconds (hardly more than the time it takes to normally open a door) its also unlikely that anyone would notice anything suspicious.
Example of using one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexoP5ZDWgg
He inserts the bump key at about 1:25 and you can see how simple it is to use it.
In fact some of the people who do lockpicking as a hobby were saying it takes all the challenge out of thier hobby.
- If i could do that then i could compare it to the bumpkey i made to see where i went wrong, then perhaps try to file down another key to match it. I think i could do it then.
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