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I do feel that selective brute forcing is going to become popular one day or another

e.g. a key with mechanical sections to actuate the pins to specific heights, plus, a very precise rotational sensor (perhaps acoustic sensors too)

but anyways, potential but easily fixable methods: a magnet with enough force to pull the slider would give tension, so just don't make it ferrous

the slider will always get super close to the front of the lock body, could be drilled, even if a stronger steel or the such, and then tension from there. Fixed by not surrounding the last pin with the slider, only needs ~1/4th of the last pin's space at most.

Its a nice solution, very compact overall




Drilling is tamper-evident though. The big win of picking/shimming is that it is stealthy and leaves no sign of entry.

Otherwise, just "pick" it with a Ramset, sledgehammer, c4...


brute force attack in this context is probably less technical (a hammer and a cold chisel)




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