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Re:Listen to Your Key: Towards Acoustics-based Physical Key ... by efficax on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @10:29PM (#24206584)
Also, lock picking often damages the lock and is a lot slower than people are giving credit here. This gets you in and out in short order
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Re:Listen to Your Key: Towards Acoustics-based Physical Key ... by JackeJR on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @10:34PM (#24206601)
In which case you need to check out the lockpickinglawyer. Sure, not everyone has that level of skill but it is conceivable to self learn and be competent to a point where lock picking is practical.
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Re:Listen to Your Key: Towards Acoustics-based Physical Key ... by Polylactic_acid on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @10:37PM (#24206621)
That guy picks locks faster than I can find the correct key on a ring.
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Re:Listen to Your Key: Towards Acoustics-based Physical Key ... by Xylakant on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:47AM (#24207844)
However, picking a lock still requires a short period of being unobserved. This may not be the case in for example an office building. Taking out a key and unlocking the door is an absolutely normal act and few people would notice. It even adds an air of legitimacy - that person has a key, they’re likely allowed in there.
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