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  • This is the lock picking lawyer, and what I have for you today is a Mason Automotive Key lock box.

  • This product is designed to fit over the top of a car window and secure inside the key to that car.

  • This arrangement makes sense in a couple of different scenarios.

  • The first is an auto dealership in which the sales staff would only need to carry a single key to access any car on the lot.

  • And in fact, when you search for this product on the Internet, most of the results are online stores catering to auto dealerships.

  • The second scenario where you might see a lock like this is in the government or corporate auto fleet management context.

  • The box itself is pretty unimpressive.

  • It's made from a zinc casting.

  • And if you've watched my channel for long, you know that zinc is generally a terrible choice for locks.

  • That's because it has a very low melting temperature.

  • I may do a follow up video in the future, showing that exploit on this particular lock.

  • The core is a cheap Chinese made tubular can lock, and it's by exploiting the weaknesses of this core that we can open one of these boxes in just a few moments.

  • In fact, almost a CE fast is using.

  • The key will be using one of these impression ING tools.

  • They're designed to open tubular locks that have equal strength springs and equal length driver pins Inside.

  • With those two design elements, a tool like this can apply equal force simultaneously to each of the pins and essentially create a new key.

  • It sounds complicated, but let me show you it in action.

  • We'll start with the picking wires all being flush with the end of the tool.

  • And then I'm going to insert this into the lock and apply a inward and twisting motion at the same time.

  • Just that quickly, we got it open.

  • This vulnerability is in my opinion, malpractice and lock design issues have been well known and documented for several decades, and the fact that I still often find locks with this weakness is a testament to the current sorry state of loch design.

  • In any case, that's all I have for you today.

  • If you do have any questions or comments about this, please put them below.

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  • And, as always, have a nice day.

This is the lock picking lawyer, and what I have for you today is a Mason Automotive Key lock box.

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