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Now I want to see how long it takes Lock Picking Lawyer. Someone mail him a pay phone with a bottle of booze in the coin box!
by jonhohle 2y ago
Now I want to see how long it takes Lock Picking Lawyer. Someone mail him a pay phone with a bottle of booze in the coin box!
- Animats 2y agoAbout two minutes.[1] It's a disk detainer lock, which requires specialized tools, and it unlocks counterclockwise, which is unusual. The tool: [2] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQxVG-Munqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQxVG-Munqw [2] https://www.sparrowslockpicks.com/products/sparrows-disc-pick https://www.sparrowslockpicks.com/products/sparrows-disc-pic...
- Animats 2y agoCorrection: that's the lock on the GTE clone of the Western Electric payphone. The actual Western Electric version used an unusual lever lock. The later variant, the 30C, is claimed to have never been picked. That's a really good lock design. It's simple, robust, and immune to standard picking techniques. But there is a vulnerability. The blocking wedge, which is only supposed to move along one axis, has some mechanical slop. See [2]. So it's possible to get some feedback on which levers are blocking bolt movement. It's still a huge pain to pick. [1] https://www.mattblaze.org/photos/misc/wecolock/ https://www.mattblaze.org/photos/misc/wecolock/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXLhCvUgDYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXLhCvUgDYQ