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<div>I had a key to a kryptomite fail on me once . I got out of it by using that pen trick . -- Bruce
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 28, 2023 at 1:24 PM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "Rick Moen" <rick@linuxmafia.com><br/>
<b>To:</b> conspire@linuxmafia.com<br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [conspire] Bicycle theft: good metaphor for computer/network secur ity</div>
<div name="quoted-content">Quoting carl77@juno.com (carl77@juno.com):<br/>
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> There is also apparently a method of picking the round-keyed locks<br/>
> with an appropriately sized pen barrel. Haven't tried it myself...<br/>
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_Was_, not is.<br/>
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That was 19 years ago (2004), with then-recent models of Kryptonite<br/>
U-locks, famously demonstrated with a Bic ballpoint on a year-2000-model<br/>
Kryptonite.[1] Allegion, Inc. d/b/a/ Kryptonite duly ate crow in the<br/>
press briefly, and offered owners generous trade-in terms on replacement<br/>
locks furnishing improved cylinder designs.<br/>
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No similar cylinder gaffes have been reported since then.<br/>
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Of course, you could always hire the Lock-Picking Lawyer. ;-><br/>
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[1] It was a 35-second video demonstration by bicyclist "unaesthetic" of<br/>
Seattle easily opening a Kryptonite Evolution 2000 lock using a Bic<br/>
ballpoint, which Peter Hedman uploaded to bikeforums.net, as the load<br/>
was crushing Hedman's own Internet server. The resulting uproar on<br/>
bikeforums.net made it as widely covered story, but neither that Web<br/>
forum nor archive.org preserved the discussion. However, the original<br/>
video is preserved here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUZOzSGRtEI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUZOzSGRtEI</a><br/>
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