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    Bike locks

    Forgive me if everyone knows about this already but i only just found out

    http://www.bikeforums.net/video/

    i used to have a citadel D lock with a cylinder key thinking it was unbreakable!

    Obviously i never thought a biro would open one!

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    Quote Originally Posted by smelly
    Forgive me if everyone knows about this already but i only just found out

    http://www.bikeforums.net/video/

    i used to have a citadel D lock with a cylinder key thinking it was unbreakable!

    Obviously i never thought a biro would open one!
    bloody hell and i trusted my 600 pound landrover mountain bike with 1 of those in mansfield town centre
    not only that it looks just as easy to open it with the biro as with the key

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    Yup, thats been around for a while

    I only trust my bike under the lock & key of a sold secure lock especially as it has quick release wheels :/

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    You used to be able to pull a similar trick with kensington laptop locks, and most front door locks will open using the same principle. Scary.

    Does anybody know if bump keying has been a mainstream news item here like it has in germany?

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    rock on kryptonite cable lock

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    My god! Glad my Stumpjumper (Nice bike prop4!!) is in Spain!

    Is it just the ones with the locks on the base of the shackle like in the vids?? Or is it the ones with the lock on the end too?
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    i think its only cryptonite locks. about a year old, i think kryptonite will replace any lock you have
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    they will yeh and if you can prove it got stolen through one of the locks they supply they give you alot of cash lol,

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    How the hell are you gonna do that??????

    "Honestly, my bike was gone and my bike lock was just laying there open, I locked it, I promise!!!"

    lol!
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    Bump keying will work on quite a lot of locks, not always with a biro though. My advice is unless the manufacturer confirms in wiritng that their lock is resistant to bumpkeying you should view it as vulnerable. Sold secure have such an assurance on their website.

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    its nice to know you can do kensington locks in a simlar way. ive got my laptop connected to my desk and noone knows where the keys are.

    ill give it a go this afternoon

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    lol ^^

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    Quote Originally Posted by slugs
    its nice to know you can do kensington locks in a simlar way. ive got my laptop connected to my desk and noone knows where the keys are.

    ill give it a go this afternoon

    Ultimate portable computer eh?

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    Kensington trick uses paper, may work with biro too.

    Youtbue for the kensington video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iZXYZ-1HAU

    or

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVXx5SbPmbQ

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