Kryptonite Locks pickable with Bic pen!

HansK

HansK

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:o Yup, it's not a joke:

http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04092011.htm
http://www.kryptonite.com/

Apparently, by stuffing a hollowed bic pen into the lock and twisting it's possible to open the lock. Not a joke, there's plenty of confirmed videos and even Kryptonite has confirmed it.

If you are locking anything of value with a Kryptonite lock or similar barrel based lock then you better find another lock. I've got four of their locks and will try having them replaced. Kryptonite at first was only planning to exchange newer locks that were registered and had proof of purchase. They are now offering a more extensive exchange.

Also, the ability to pick a barrel type lock isn't limited to those used by Krytonite. Others are also vunerable. For example, those nice little laptop keepers, etc..
 
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hmmm... Thats bad. My bike and my baby (12" powerbook) are now at risk! At least I don't live in the dorms anymore and don't need to be as vigalent about the laptop cable.

~A
 
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I assure you picking locks are easy game with a little practice.. a tension  bar and a rake are all that are used.. Insise A lock is a number of tumblers on the end of springs... Using the rake you manipulate the tumblers the tension  wrench is what spins the barrel.. like if you were to turn the key.. same deal.. When given the tools, seeing the mechanical diagrams and a little practice you can learn to pick a large majority of locks that are used today in society..
 
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...and now we know where Fred got his DVX. ;)
 
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I used to be a Bailbondsman so surreptitous entry was a common thing.

I know you were just kidding TC on the where Fred got his DVX. But i must correct you cause man i worked so damn hard and went without alot of lunches for my camera.. :-/
 
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LOL

I used to REPO (From Age 20 to 22) and most any lock is ridiculously easy to pick.  So many ways to break a lock; picking, stripping, filing.

Good times the REPO days were (and chicks dug it)
 
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Didn't Charlie Sheens brother play in a movie about a Repo guy? I remeber that.
 
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More power to ya Fred! I'm still eating Top Ramen because I broke the bank on mine.

It makes that footage look so much better doesn't it?
 
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[quote author=bodaphoto link=board=Offtopic;num=1095910074;start=0#6 date=09/22/04 at 21:53:16]Didn't Charlie Sheens brother play in a movie about a Repo guy?  I remeber that.[/quote]

REPO MAN!! Great movie, if you don't remember it, go rent it.

And it was Emilio Esteves, is that Charlie Sheen's cousin? I can't remember.
 
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The Repo Man Emelio Estevez.. great cult classic :) I would like to have tried the repo business John. That would have presented a whole different aspect of equally exciting activity. The older i get the less desire for that RUSH ya know?? Now i get my rush from chasing storms.. although  freightening to many (family and friends think im nuts) it seems really like a somewhat laid back but exciting hobby to me..
 
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Emilio Estevez is Charlie Sheen's brother.

I think the family name is Estevez. Martin Sheen's brother is Joe Estevez (and a near lookalike and a dead-ringer soundalike, so when you hear commercials on radio where Martin Sheen's endorsing a product, it's probably Joe Estevez doing it).

There are other Sheen/Estevez family members too, I think there's a sister on West Wing...
 
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Im digging it Fred. The rush was crazy EVERY SINGLE TIME. Felt like that adrenalin surge you get before you have to scrap with someone.

BTW

REPO MAN was kind of silly (we had the ONE SHEET hanging in the office) but there is one thing soooooooo true from the film. It seemed like (I say it SEEMED like) every repo had a Fragrance X-Mas Tree hanging in the car. Too funny.

Other items common to a REPO?

Motivational Tapes and/or Books (You know, How to get Rich, How to get out of Debt, How to be cool like Tony Robbins)

Weirdest Item ever found?

Dildo's (Like quite a few of them in the trunk)

Most expensive Car I ever repo'd?

Porsche

Most common Car?

Hyundai Excel or Nissan Sentra (Was early 90's)

Scariest moment?

SOme vietnamese dude putting a .357 to my head as I was about to yank his 300 ZX

Other scary moment?

10 Cop cars and 2 Unmarked SDPD units pulling me over at gunpoint on INTERSTATE 8

Saddest Moment?

Repoing a Honda Civic and looking up at last minute to see a man, woman and their newborn child just watching me from the front porch.

Funnest moment?

Being chased my auto mechanics after stealing the car from their parking lot and towing the ride and broadsiding it into some steal road blocks

:)

Just sharing
 
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I'm trying to write an essay for class tomorrow, and I can't stop reading this damn board. DAMN YOU ALL AND YOUR WITTY BANTER.
 
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Don't you smile John, it's mainly your fault! ;)

I'm sure I'll get it done once everyone goes to bed. I just finished the halfway mark! I'm writing a paragraph, then looking at the board, and back and forth.
 
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I have alot of great stories... ;D

I arrested a stripper once and had to hold her over night while her boyfriend got my money together. i then forfeited her bond. i lied to them to get paid.. Anyways. i handcuffed her to a spare tire in a motel room overnight while we waited for the boyfriend to come up with the cash... I had to sleep i had been up for days.. ROFLMAO

Whats funny is after I tracked her down in some other sleezy motel in the hood here in KC she gave me the business that ALL women i ever arrested gave me.. "please dont take me back there.. Ill do ANYTHING" lol..

i said anything?? get me my money! lol So we ended up having to wait a day and overnight for the boyfriend to come up with the cash...
 
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It is juxtaposing 2 characters from a short story I had to read. Now if it were on lighting, or staging a scene than I would be working on it so hard! Damn I can't wait to be done with GE.
 
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But was she hot? Or was it skank central? I was in GA once laying tile and one of our Setters left for some grub and drinks. Came back and basically ran into some skank crack whore and she took care of him for $5.00 and a cigarette.

I didnt know if I should puke or laugh. Apparently she was n a s t y.
 
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Yucky.

Ya know John, you will forever in my mind be Christopher Walken, and even if I ever meet you, I will still picture you as Christopher Walken.
 
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