Re: Deadbolt security

[Frank Olson <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

tourman wrote:
> On Nov 29, 9:25 pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Nov 28, 7:45 pm, Shaun Eli <missingch...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> "This connects the deadbolt and the doorknob together as one and
>>> prevents the deadbolt from being
>>> opened by anyone no matter what kind of device or key they may have."
>>> THEN HOW DO I GET OUT?
>> You don't want to get out.
>>
>> There may be someone out there, trying to get in!
>
>
> RHC: I hesitated to reply to this thread since it was either a troll,
> or someone hawking his wares on the newsgroup. However, given his
> pricing, it appears he may just be a troll. As a locksmith myself, I
> have heard a lot about this way of defeating conventional locks, but
> didn't see a need to discuss this in any way since it really is not a
> major concern to anyone with decent locks. "Bumping" as it has become
> known is simply an amateurish way to go about picking a lock using one
> of three established ways of doing so, and I'm not going to go into it
> any further for obvious reasons.

I'd like to see someone try a "bump key" on our deadbolts.  And I don't
think it's possible to pick a Mul-T-Lock.