Crack a Master Lock

Tuesday September 18, 2007 // Share on Facebook

Lifehacker just reported How to Crack a “Master Lock” Combination Lock but the instructions given (on wikiHow) are very complicated. Here’s how I do it:

  1. Reset the lock by turning it numerous times to the right
  2. The first number must be passed twice before you stop on it, but the first time you pass the number, you’ll hear a click. So move slowly to the left, and listen for the click. When you hear it, look at the lock and that’s your first number. Now keep going, pass it one more time, then stop on the number the second time around.
  3. Time to go the other way… same trick. Go slowly, listen for the click, and that’s your second number. Keep going once around this time, and stop on the number.
  4. There’s no special technique for guessing the third number, but finding it is a synch. Just pull on the lock each time you get to a new number. With 40 numbers on a lock, it won’t take long ’til you pop the lock open

My three steps seem easier than wikiHow’s 11, plus there’s no math involved :D Please use this for good, and not evil. Maybe someday I’ll post a video, or even post a video of how to use a credit card to pop a door lock open, but that’s dangerous knowledge.

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