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Re:Tourist's lucky guess cracks safe code on first try by joekrill on Thursday June 27, 2019 @10:32AM (#20294709)
Would they have known about the wiggle room without opening the safe, though? I figured they found this out after inspecting the lock once the safe was open. So if they didn't know about this wiggle room -- or know what amount of wiggle was allowed -- could they have benefited in any way?
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Re:Tourist's lucky guess cracks safe code on first try by lnanek2 on Thursday June 27, 2019 @11:30AM (#20295308)
Article said they looked up the default combos previously, so they must know the brand and model. That's probably all that's needed to lookup the wiggle room.
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