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		michaelt on Sept 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: O.mg Cable I was under the impression impressioning relied on all the lock's springs and driver pins being identical, and that better tubular locks avoided that? I looked for a picture of the case but couldn't find one. I was in that college CAD lab... quite a long time ago.

Zenbit_UX on Sept 5, 2021 [–]

Tubular locks are trivial to pick and the lock turning the screw mentioned above would be just as simple with a tubular pick than with the original key.

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