September 17, 2004
Picking locks
(Edit: See note at bottom) Just read a Yahoo! News story about how easily a Kryptonite bike lock can be picked. Apparently all you have to do is stick the end of a Bic pen barrel into the key slot, and then wiggle. That's it. So if you depend on one of these locks, you might want to rethink your security.
There's more info to read at this bike forum, and if you want to watch a little movie, you can use one of the links at the forum or pick one of these (they are different): mov or wmv.
The main reason I'm posting is that pretty much everyone I know who has a bike has a lock like this.
Edit: Apparently this 'technique' has been known for a long time, but it's making news now because of it's rediscovery and subsequent internet wildfire about a week ago. Full story (with better description than anything above) here.
Posted by ramk at September 17, 2004 12:06 AMYea.. I read about that too. You'd think that the folks at kryptonite would do something about that huh?
Posted by: Dan at September 17, 2004 01:24 AMJust to let everyone know. I did this on a friends lock successfully. The cap fits even better than the barrel if you cut off the pocket clip and shave it down so it fits right in the gap.
Posted by: Ram at September 21, 2004 05:33 PMthis also works on most circular locks including the locks to popular (but older) gun cabinets.
Posted by: Dan at September 29, 2004 07:22 PM