Why Number Locks Aren't Safe

You Shouldn't Use Number Locks

By Michelle WithaM, published Apr 25, 2006
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People use number locks without thinking much of it. People who use number locks have a false sense of security. How many times do we see people with a briefcase that has a number lock on both sides of it? Many times people use one to keep important documents in briefcases. People with a locked briefcase think that they are safe from people breaking into their stuff, but their documents aren't safe. Some people don't realize how easy it is for someone to figure out the number code on a number lock or to use other tools to get the lock open.

A briefcase number lock is not fool proof since it can be opened up with a screw driver and pop open the briefcase which makes the lock displays the secret code number. It is a trick that many people don't realize. Another thing about number locks is that then that secret code numbers can be figured out if you spend enough time on it. The trick behind it is because when you switch the numbers back and forth the lock begins to loosen up and you can feel when you switch the numbers when you got one of them right or not.

The most difficult part is determining which number is the right one that you got right when you fiddle around with it. So thats why you have to switch the numbers around until you all the numbers it. Since there is only so many numbers on the number lock it should only take a few hours or less in order to get the secret code right. You may think that it will take forever, but it won't. You can get a number lock open quick since there is a limited amount of numbers and an order that they go in.

Takeaways
  • People who use number locks have a false sense of security.
  • Secret code numbers can be figured out if you spend enough time on it.
  • A briefcase number lock is not fool proof.
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Most of the number locks can be opened with out having to worry about the number of combination as there is a trick to figure out the number very easily.. I personally have opened many of them; except once where it was a relatively new briefcase (Echolac I suppose,though earlier ones of echolac I could open easily)with a new mechanism which was not similar to the usual one!.. :)

Posted on 11/27/2007 at 4:11:00 AM

 
If there are 4 digits in the combination you may have to try 9,999 different combinations, not just 400; if there are 5 digits you may have to try 99,999 combinations.

Posted on 07/10/2007 at 11:07:00 AM

 
Eeeep. o.o Your writing style is... clumsy. It feels like I'm reading a gradeschool essay.

Posted on 03/30/2007 at 2:03:00 PM

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