Tue Apr 04, 2017 4:16 pm by MrWizard
Decoding a key from sight is really easy to do if you are familiar with the depths being used on the type of lock you are working on. As far as doing it from a good picture it's perfect as you can see the side milling and match the depths using them or comparing it to a blank key.
The local news here a number of years back had a story of a few online services that you take a picture from your cell phone send it to them they would mail you out a working key. So the news team tried it on random house that agreed to let them try it. They sent the picture of their key attached to the ring on the table sent it in they got the key a fews days later in the mail went back to the house on camera opened the envelope put the kwikset key it worked perfect. Unfortunately by exposing this online service and how easy it is to do sparked a rash people missing things yet there was no sign of entry.
The news does this all the time telling people how easy it is to do these crimes. Like another story of how many are having their catalectic converters on the vehicles stolen and recycled for big bucks. They actually showed how fast and easy it was for someone to go to home depot or harbor freight and get a battery powered cut off portable grinder and cut the exhaust pipes in 2 places and be gone in less the a few minutes. They even told it was easier to do it to a pickup or SUV that is higher off the ground so easy to get under and get it out faster. Well the next few weeks tons of reports came in of more missing ones than ever before.
A more resent case of the news help promote crimes is the rock bandit story of someone using large landscape rocks readily handy almost on anyone property tossing them through picture windows. I think the news that does this should be held responsible for helping promote these crimes by airing these stories.
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