On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:51:47 +0100, "Pete Biggs"
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):
Quoted message said:Paul M said:Quoted message said:> I may be shooting myself in the foot by posting this here as I have
> 2 kryptonite locks, but I figure the bike thieves are probably
> likely to know how to do this anyway so it's better that us honest
> folk do too.
There are plenty of people between the categories of regular bicycle
thieves and honest folk. Mr Slightly Bent and Mischievous Kid are
the ones we have to be worried about *now* the Krypto info is being
widely publicised. I've probably got to buy a new lock because of
this (if Kryptonite-4 is vulnerable?).
No, if you have to replace the lock it's because the lock is
vulnerable to being picked, not because you know about it. Do you
think this is the only way that this knowledge could spread?
I think it's the way knowledge spreads to the masses and it's the masses
I'm most worried about. Only a few knew of the method before, now many
more people do, hence the increased risk.
Quoted message said:That
'Mischievous Kids' never share information amongst themselves that
they keep from adults?
I don't think enough mischievous kids come into contact with hardcore
bicycle theives for that knowledge to get a hold. Mischevious = "playful
or naughty". I'm not referring to more serious trouble makers, merely the
average kid on the street.
Quoted message said:Remember its alleged that Kryptonite have known about this since 1993.
If this is true then that is 11 years when bikes could and have been
stolen because this
Exactly. Kryptonite locks were not picked in large numbers, indicating
the knowledge was only held by a select few. I've used my lock for over
fifteen years without getting it picked. Now I think I shoud change it
because every Tom, [censored] and Harry knows how to pick it, or soon will, if
the information is correct.....
In 1992, it was broadcast on BBC1.
This time round, it's been shown on a personal web-site, and discussed
in cycling news groups.
I'm not sure that this time it is reaching more yoof.
Quoted message said:I do accept the other explaination as to why the knowledge wasn't
wide-spread might be valid: that the method doesn't work! Or that only
very few pens on the market work. (I haven't found one that fits my lock
yet).
~PB
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