Scary video of a troubling trend that threatens our safety

[hellbound-liberal]

This was sent to me and I checked it through Snopes.com and it seems like a real threat. I wanted you all to be aware of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UcTo-A4XLA

[crim son]

1. Well, that's bad news.

Shit.

[Scarlett17]

2. Scary!

:scared:

[Kutjara]

3. Yep, this news was broken at DefCon, the hacker convention,...

...early last year. There's a video of a twelve year old girl, who was taught the technique in five minutes, bumping locks in a few seconds.

The Yale-style locks that penny-pinching apartment owners and building contractors install in most properties are little better than a rusty nail and string. And those are the ones that aren't installed backwards.

[mzteris]

4. locks schmocks -

who bothers with THOSE when you got some of these?





FYI - the one on the left is a "normal sized dog" - the one of the right? As tall as my table and weighs in around 135 now (down from 160). B-)