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The App I Used to Break Into My Neighbor's Home

by Joe Mobley
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My neighbor lives on the second floor of a Brooklyn walk-up, so when I came to his front door he tossed me a pair of keys rather than walk down the stairs to let me in. I opened the door, climbed the stairs, and handed his keys back to him. We chatted about our weekends. I drank a glass of water. Then I let him know that I would be back soon to gain unauthorized access to his home.

Less than an hour later, I owned a key to his front door.
One group of researchers created a project called Sneakey in 2009 that showed they could reproduce keys photographed from nearly 200 feet away and at an angle. In other words, simply leaving your keys hanging from your belt presents a security problem
A very interesting, very informative post.

You will never look at your keys in the same way again.

Let me highly recommend that you read this article!

The App I Used to Break Into My Neighbor's Home | Threat Level | WIRED

Joe Mobley
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    Most keys fit a pattern. THAT means you have SCALE, ALIGNMENT, and groving JUST by getting a GLANCE at the key. THAT part isn't even done by the machine usually, the locksmith just gets a number from the key, or glances at it, and picks the proper precut blank. It also means that distortion from various angles and distances may be accounted for. I AM shocked that they say it works with medeco! MEDECO has ANGLES, and they may be a problem. MOST locksmiths can't work with them, and it requires special machinery. I think there are only three angles though, right, left, and NONE.

    Steve
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