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If I wanted more content like a single gif in a blog post I'd go to reddit. This is currently #1 on HN.
I don't see what is wrong with it. It appeals to hackers and explains it instantly. Would you be happy if it was 1000 word article instead?
How blogspam works. This is blogspam upon blogspam. I dare not say that this link http://delima.soup.io/post/295576131/how-keys-work is the original link, but it's at least two links closer to the original source than the link submitted here to HN. AFTER EDIT: Many thanks to the HN reader who found the original source, which deserves traffic much more than blogspam. I flag blogspam relentlessly since another HN user…
Locks are a relatively simple a fun mechanism to play with. Lock picking can be explained similarly. It's essentially simulating that key by popping the pins up to the shear line (the horizontal plane) and applying tension via your tension/torsion tool so the pin doesn't fall down. Then move onto the next one. If you get all pins to the shear line, the lock opens. It's also a pretty cheap hobby to get into. Though th…
I ordered lock picks on Thursday. I can't wait for them to arrive!
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> Like when I cleverly managed to mail my apartment keys to myself, including my only mailbox key... If my mailbox key was locked inside my mailbox, I would just wait for the postal person to show up. They have keys that open the entire wall of mailboxes. Just wait in the distance until they open the wall and then go get the mail out of your box. Just act like you don't see anything wrong with grabbing your mail and…
This is bad practice from the mailman. The lock is there so that only the owner of the box can authenticate and retrieve the mail. If he allows people to walk up and select mail from the box then he is allowing a circumvention of the authentication protocol.
They seem to be much much harder to lockpick. My key-guy can lockpick garage doors and cars and whatnots but if I forget my Mult-T-Lock double-sided keys he needs to drill through the hole and destroy the entire system to be able to open the door, which then needs a new mechanism.
One of my neighbour got robbed and the thiefs did the same: they drilled through the Mult-T-Lock hole.
Can these be lockpicked? If they can, it seems to be way harder than regular keys or than typical double-sided keys.
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> ...it is worth pointing out that lock picking is just one way to bypass a lock A sobering insight after a break-in and a conversation with a locksmith. A lock is only as good as the latch, and door that it's sitting in, and the hinges attaching the door, and the molding surrounding it, and the wall it's in.
... and the person who is responsible for locking the door, and the person who is responsible for following up on reports of suspicious behavior near that door, and the person who is called out when someone finally discovers the lock must have been picked at some point in the past, and the legal system surrounding all of them, and the civil society that gives that legal system authority and legitimacy, and the broade…
Depends how powerful you are. Why did the gold audit that was supposed to take place been refused? Maybe because there's not anywhere as much gold in Fort Knox as what there's supposed to be. If this is true, people with bad intent managed to bypass the "locks": there's more than one way to defeat the purpose of locks ; )
Old but still relevant. I learnt about locks here. http://www.lysator.liu.se/mit-guide/MITLockGuide.pdf
> ...it is worth pointing out that lock picking is just one way to bypass a lock A sobering insight after a break-in and a conversation with a locksmith. A lock is only as good as the latch, and door that it's sitting in, and the hinges attaching the door, and the molding surrounding it, and the wall it's in.
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> Like when I cleverly managed to mail my apartment keys to myself, including my only mailbox key... If my mailbox key was locked inside my mailbox, I would just wait for the postal person to show up. They have keys that open the entire wall of mailboxes. Just wait in the distance until they open the wall and then go get the mail out of your box. Just act like you don't see anything wrong with grabbing your mail and…
This is bad practice from the mailman. The lock is there so that only the owner of the box can authenticate and retrieve the mail. If he allows people to walk up and select mail from the box then he is allowing a circumvention of the authentication protocol.