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ivegotnoaccount on June 26, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Enclave: An Unpickable Lock

Probably stupid question but are keys like https://cdn.cle-serrure.fr/media/catalog/product/cache/13/im... that easy to pick ? I was under the impression that they were made this way exactly because they made the creation of tools harder (variation of widths of circles, code encoded on the small width of the key and not its big height...)

kevincox on June 26, 2022 [–]

My understanding is that they are generally harder to pick, but not in any real fundamental way.

Example: https://youtu.be/verPAfwVSGg. Although he is really struggling here which is a huge win for the lock.

ivegotnoaccount on June 28, 2022 | [–]

I see. Thanks for the link!

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