Lock Bypassing Method

[ThE_MasteR]

I just dissmatled a padlock, and I saw that the mechanism holding the shackle could be vulnerable to strong magnets.

Can this be done ? I drew a schematic of what I a thinking, but I do not know if this would work.

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[plot]

on most locks both sides of the shackle get locked in, so i'm gonna go ahead and say no.

otherwise, it'd be the same principal as shimming i guess... so it'd completely depend on the lock, and it'd be a pretty weak lock to have only one side of the shackle locked in anyways.

[Shrub]

A lot of the time the latches are brass but it could work on ball bearing locks i suppose if say an electro magnet was used, its worth a try i guess but as plot said i would imagine the locks it would work on would be the cheap ones.

[ThE_MasteR]

If this would work...Would it also work on Dudley Combo locks ? I know they have a latch, but I am not sure how it works.

[sivlogkart]

I don't think it will work, and if it did it would need to be a very strong magnetic. But it is worth a try.

[n2oah]

Google "winkhaus blue chip magnet"

[ThE_MasteR]

I knew that a long time ago, when a friend of Barry Wels found out that a big magnet could bypass the Winkhaus blue chip key.

I am sure that with a manget you can do many other things lol..