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3.4 KiB
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65 lines
3.4 KiB
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Opening Master Locks
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By Mach Three
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If you read the last file, "Opening Master Locks," and tried it out, you
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probably have realized that it doesn't really work. When you turn the dial
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with the lock closed, most of them will NOT stop at some number. Here is a
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technique that does work to some degree, but it's not very powerful because you
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need access to the open lock. Well, here it is:
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1) You need to get access to the lock when it is open. If you just want to
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impress your friends, this is usually pretty easy to do. Most people will open
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up their locker or whatever, and leave the lock open while they are nearby
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working on something. Then, when they are done, they'll lock the stuff up.
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So when your friend is working, go up to the open lock and pull the shackle
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(the horseshoe part that opens) up to the top. With the lock open and the
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shackle pulled hard to the top, NOW turn the lock all the way c
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lockwise until you can turn it no farther. Add five to the number it is on,
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and you now have the first number.
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2) Now, before you did step 1, what you should do is read the number on the
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combination lock before turning the dial. 99% of the people will leave their
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combination on the last number when they open it (You don't spin the dial to a
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random number every time you open and close your lock, do you?) So just by
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visually inspecting what the number is, chances are you have gotten the last
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number.
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3)
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Okay, now that you have the first number and the last number, when your
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friend has closed his lock and is gone, or whatever, you can open it up to get
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the second number. Just try every possible second number, and try to open the
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lock, which will not take too long because you only have 60 numbers to go
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through.
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Addendum: Are there really sixty numbers to try? No! Just because there are
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sixty numbers on the dial does not mean you have to go through sixty numbers.
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In reality, you can be off by 1 number. For example, if the combination is
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10-20-30, you could spin to 9-19-31 and still open the lock. This means that
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instead of 60 numbers, in effect there are really only 30 numbers. Cuts the
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lock down pretty small huh?
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So if you HAD to open the lock, you can use this technique of "fewer numbers"
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to try every possible combination. For each number try 2-4-6-8...and so forth
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until you get back to zero. This can be useful in case you can get only one of
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the numbers (such as the last number, which you can just read off the dial, or
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only the first number). In this case, when you have one number, there are only
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two more to get. This means there are about 900 more combinations for you to
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try....sure, it's a lot of combinations to spin through, but if you are good it
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would take you about one hour to try them all. So on the average, it would
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take a half an hour to open a combination lock, given one of the numbers.
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Only a half hour...not bad, considering there might be some good stuff inside!
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One final note is that many locks have a KEYHOLE in the back...I have no idea
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why they do this, because it totally defeats the purpose of the combination
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lock. These keyholes are usually pretty small - and if you are a decent
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lockpicker you can open the lock up by picking it through the keyhole in around
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10 minutes.
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