Bumpkey.. can this be true?

Jims5543 · 08-10-2006, 05:06 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uv45y6vkcQ&search=bump%20key

Time for a new lock to be developed if this is true.

Jims5543 · 08-10-2006, 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by procon
Waste of time round here, doors are always unlocked.
That being said, if someone unfamiliar were to drop by while at work, vacation, etc. you can bet a neighbor would meet them on their way out.

Yeah, but I own a business in Forida with lots of expensive stuff inside. I am glad I have an alarm but a "Bump and grab" could net a thief a lot of valuable stuff.

Time to lock it up inside.

bryanthompson · bryanthompson's Garage

there were some local yahoos running around bumpkeying and robbing houses. It's ridiculously easy.

i love the song in the background in the video... Lapdance - N.E.R.D.(?)

onewhippedpuppy · 08-10-2006, 06:39 PM

New to me, but scary. What happened to the good old days of breaking a window, at least then your insurance co wouldn't suspect you of fraud.

Wrecked944 · 08-15-2006, 05:11 AM

Okay, I've been reading about this as well and I am very unhappy about it. So what kinds of locks are not vulnerable to the bump key?

89911 · 08-15-2006, 05:21 AM

With everything going on in the world, do you really need a "society of lock pickers" who do the grunt work for thieves? What, are the funded by the Thieves Union? Sure, locks are easy for most thieves to break into to, but do we need the Heroin addicted teenager searching the web down the road to find out more information to break into your home?

chuckr · 08-15-2006, 10:48 AM

I downloaded the video that shows how to make a "bump key"
some Dutch guy does it. I want to "try it" sound fun !
CHuck

Jims5543 · 08-15-2006, 11:11 AM

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Originally posted by chuckr
I downloaded the video that shows how to make a "bump key"
some Dutch guy does it. I want to "try it" sound fun !
CHuck

I am sure it will open up all kinds of new doors for you.

masraum · 08-15-2006, 12:21 PM

Here's some more info, including I think a reference or two to lock types that aren't susceptible.

What I'm really curious abou is if this works on cars. It'll revolutionize the car theft industry.

Flatbutt1 · 08-15-2006, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by onewhippedpuppy
New to me, but scary. What happened to the good old days of breaking a window, at least then your insurance co wouldn't suspect you of fraud.

If you are bumped insurance will not pay off. So when you come home and find out you've been robbed...smash a window from the outside.

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

Friggin' insurance companies are probably the ones promoting this and encouraging the dissemination of this knowledge for exactly that reason. . .

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

This is nothing new. The only difference is the bumpkey is low tech. This is the same principle.

http://www.lockpickshop.com/p-LAT-17.html

I'm not sure about modern Porsches, but my 914 and my old 911, the locks do not use split-pin type tumblers, so it will not work with them.

lendaddy · 08-15-2006, 04:40 PM

Indeed not "really" new, I have been picking locks for 8 years with a conventional set and passed on the electric "auto pick" at that time as it wasn't as interesting. An electric pick works immediately as well.

Most people are shocked when I show them how easy it is to pick a padlock, it's really a joke.