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    Stuart
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    KRYPTONITE OFFERING FREE UPGRADE WORLDWIDE FOR CONSUMERS' HIGH END

    TUBULAR CYLINDER LOCKS

    Unprecedented Offer Intended to Address the Needs of Loyal Consumers

    Canton, MA September 17, 2004 - Kryptonite today announced it will

    provide free product upgrades for certain locks purchased since

    September 2002, in response to consumer concerns about tubular cylinder
    lock technology.

    Consumers can visit the company's Website (www.kryptonitelock.com) on

    Wednesday afternoon, September 22, 2004, to learn how they can

    participate in the security upgrade program.

    Consumers who have purchased an Evolution lock, KryptoLok lock, New

    York Chain, New York Noose, Evolution Disc Lock, KryptoDisco or DFS

    Disc Lock in the last two years are eligible for a product upgrade

    free of charge from Kryptonite. Customers will need to have either

    registered their key number, registered for the Kryptonite anti-theft

    protection offer or have proof of purchase to qualify.

    Specifically, Kryptonite will provide for free cross bars featuring

    the company's new disc-style cylinder lock technology to consumers who

    have purchased Evolution and KryptoLok series products. In addition

    the company will replace for free recently purchased Evolution Disc

    Locks on New York Chain and New York Noose with its "Molly Lock", a

    heavy duty solid steel padlock. Kryptonite also will upgrade recently
    purchased disc locks.

    Consumers who have had one of the Kryptonite locks mentioned with a

    tubular cylinder for longer than two years will be eligible for a

    sizeable rebate on the upgraded products. This program will be

    administered through Kryptonite dealers and distributors.

    A distributor and dealer swap program will be rolled out through

    direct communication from Kryptonite to all its partners.

    Full details about this unprecedented program will be available on

    Kryptonite's website by afternoon Eastern Standard Time, Wednesday,

    September 22, 2004, at www.kryptonite.com

    Donna M. Tocci

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    Public Relations Manager

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    Kryptonite

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    An Ingersoll-Rand Business

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    437 Turnpike Street

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    Canton, MA 02021 USA

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    Phone: 781-828-6655 ext. 268

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    Fax: 781-821-4777

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    Email: [email hidden]

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    www.kryptonitelock.com

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  2. David Off
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    Stuart said:

    KRYPTONITE OFFERING FREE UPGRADE WORLDWIDE FOR CONSUMERS' HIGH END

    TUBULAR CYLINDER LOCKS

    aggh bit of a disaster isn't it? My New York Lock is now just an
    expensive paperweight as it is too old to change.

    http://www.engadget.com/entry/7796925370303347/

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  3. elyob
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    "Stuart" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    KRYPTONITE OFFERING FREE UPGRADE WORLDWIDE FOR CONSUMERS' HIGH END

    TUBULAR CYLINDER LOCKS

    Unprecedented Offer Intended to Address the Needs of Loyal Consumers

    That's going to cost them. Mine's too old as well. Interested to know the
    discount level.

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  4. Zog The Undeniable
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    David Off said:

    aggh bit of a disaster isn't it? My New York Lock is now just an
    expensive paperweight as it is too old to change.

    If it's anything like the NYL3000 then it doesn't suffer from this
    particular fault.

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  5. David Off
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    Zog The Undeniable said:
    David Off said:

    aggh bit of a disaster isn't it? My New York Lock is now just an
    expensive paperweight as it is too old to change.

    If it's anything like the NYL3000 then it doesn't suffer from this
    particular fault.

    that's reassuring, I will have to check this further

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  6. Pete Biggs
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    Zog The Undeniable said:

    If it's anything like the NYL3000 then it doesn't suffer from this
    particular fault.

    What about the Kryptonite-4? An early nineties model, I think.

    A definitive answer might reduce my expendature on ballpoint pens. I've
    busted quite a few so far trying to find one that fits. That's checking
    *my* lock, I hasten to add :-)

    ~PB

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  7. Vic.
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    I'm a bit underwhelmed.

    They propose to "upgrade" the EV-Disc lock on my
    NY chain to a Molly lock.

    It looks flimsy compared to the disc lock.

    "Molly" - it even *sounds* girly.

    I think I'll be shopping for a big. feck-off padlock
    this week. Any recommendations?

    Vic.

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  8. Chris Malcolm
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    David Off said:

    Zog The Undeniable wrote:

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    David Off wrote:

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    aggh bit of a disaster isn't it? My New York Lock is now just an
    expensive paperweight as it is too old to change.

    Quoted message said:
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    If it's anything like the NYL3000 then it doesn't suffer from this
    particular fault.

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    that's reassuring, I will have to check this further

    The problem has been known about for at least a decade. Some folk told
    the manufacturers who ignored it. However, in earlier times those who
    were not thieves and had sussed it out were careful not to publicise
    it, and it seems the manufacturers were relying on this.

    The problem is very simple. The lock has little half-projecting
    cylinders of different heights which the key must engage with to turn
    the lock. If you force a suitably plastic cyclinder down the hole then
    it will be deformed into the right shape to act as a key. You could
    probably do it by hammering a bit of soft-annealed copper pipe down
    the hole, and end up with a permanent key.

    It's easily defeated. All you have to do is arrange for the little key
    cylinders to move so that they can't be used to force-mould a key.
    IMHO it's a scandalously cheap bit of design by the manufacturers, and
    even more scandalous that they chose to ignore the warnings various
    well-intentioned folk have offered them over the years. In terms of
    lock security folly it's like those cheap Yale-type locks, often
    employed as ignition keys or car door locks which can be opened simply
    by bashing a screwdriver into the slot and yanking it round, or those
    car door locks which you can undo with a wire coat hanger thrust down
    the window seal.

    We are very fortunate that most bike thieves are morons.
    --
    Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205
    IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
    [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

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  9. Gawnsoft
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    Is it just me, or is it terribly suspicious that all Kryptonite locks
    out in public hands have suddenly become very publically obsoleted by
    a word-of-mouth campaign...

    .... just at the very moment Kryptonite bring out a full range of locks
    which are no longer vulnerable in this way?

    (Given they're replacing some of their locks, bought in the last 18
    months or so, and the normal replacement cycle is... decades? ... if
    they can get enough folk to rush out and replace, that'll more than
    cover the relatively few they replace 'voluntarily'.)

    --
    Cheers,
    Euan
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