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• Master key
  .... Master keying is commonly used to restrict or allow access to a group of locks in a facility based on a user's access level. Various types of master keyin ...of an auxillary override lock. [[Electronic_lock|Electronic]] combination locks can store a database of valid combinations for different users.
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• StealthKey Cylinder S14
  | lock_design = [[Lever]] | spec_comptype = [[Lever]]
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• Warded
  ...to actuate the locking [[Bolt|bolt]] when the correct key is used. Warded locks are one of the oldest lock designs, but because of their inability to resis ...esigns began to replace them in the 1700s and 1800s. In modern day, warded locks are commonly used as low-security padlocks in outdoor settings.
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• Security Ratings
  ...ernment and law enforcement agencies use these ratings to select their own locks as well as recommend them to the public. ...ratings and standards organizations around the world develop standards for locks, lock [[cylinder]]s, and associated hardware, such as [[bolt]]s and [[latch
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• Opnus Memolis
  |lock_design=[[Lever]] | spec_comptype = [[Lever]]
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• Lockpicking
  ...cking is made possible by small irregularities during the manufacturing of locks. Small variations in the size, shape, and alignment of components allows fo Theoretically, lockpicking has existed as long as locks themselves.
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• Decoding
  ...ing key. Despite this, criminal lock picking likely started with the first locks. Famed locksmith Alfred Charles Hobbs said in the mid-1800's: ...er, picker, and manipulator of locks, and physicist Richard Feynman picked locks for fun in the 1940's while employed on the Manhattan Project. The traditio
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• Mystery locks
  =Mystery locks= ...dd info to this page or the [[Talk:Mystery locks|discussion page]] for any locks on this page. If a lock has enough information to identify brand ''and'' mo
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• Lockwiki:Lockpicking resistance
  ...s may also be simplified over time, reducing the tools or skill necessary. Locks rarely receive increases to their lockpicking resistance score; most that d ...by beginners or amateurs. Standard [[warded]] padlocks are one example of locks in this grade.
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• La Gard 2200
  ...ike most other disc-detainer locks, does not use a [[sidebar]]. Instead, a lever and fence is used to interface with the gates on each disc. ...ommonly found in combination safe locks. It uses four disc-detainers and a lever/fence component. The rotation of the correct key aligns each disc's true ga
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• FAS
  |Products=[[Lever]]s, [[combination|combination locks]] ...|lock manufacturer]] that produces [[lever]] and [[combination|combination locks]].
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• Linus Yale Jr
  ...821, 25 December 1868) was an American inventor and manufacturer of [[Lock|locks]]. His most famous inventions are the modern rotary [[Combination|combinati ...le Lock Manufacturing Company in Stamford, Connecticut to produce cylinder locks. Yale Jr. died later that year due to heart failure.
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• Binding
  ...onents (pins, wafers, discs, etc) and the lock body. In [[cylinder]] based locks, binding is caused by the cylinder and [[plug]] shearing into components. B ; [[Pin_tumbler|Pin-tumbler]] and [[Wafer]] locks
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• HOBES
  | Products = [[Lever|Lever locks]], [[Door]] hardware ...mpany BRANO, which was founded in 1950 and which was manufacturing mortice locks, door closers (which became ubiquitous in the Czech Republic) and other doo
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• Impressioning
  ...rivilege Escalation, Bumping, and other Key-Based Attacks Against Physical Locks”, by Deviant Ollam. Impressioning is possible because of the pin’s “ In [[Warded|warded]] locks, an impression is taken of the wards directly.
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• Actuator
  ...in_tumbler |pin-tumbler]], [[wafer]], and [[Disc_detainer |disc-detainer]] locks: In rotary [[combination]] locks:
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• Disc detainer
  ...e properly rotated. Disc-detainers are primarily associated with [[Abloy]] locks, but [[ABUS]], [[Kryptonite]], and many other brands make them, too. : The [[sidebar]] is the primary locking component of most disc-detainer locks. It is pushed into the [[cylinder]] or shell of the lock, preventing it fro
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• Yale
  ...obinson Towne]]. The duo used the Yale patents to design a variety of door locks and [[padlock]]s. ...as an early benefactor and namesake of Yale University. Although both Yale locks and Yale University are both located in the state of Connecticut (USA), the
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• Fichet M3b
  | lock_design = [[Lever]] | spec_comptype = [[Lever]]
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• Alfred Charles Hobbs
  ...safes, leading to the many improvements in the construction and design of locks throughout the 19th and 20th century. Hobbs also made many improvements in ...Mediterranean was taken by us, but none among us could penetrate into the locks and shoot the bolts of these masters. The mechanical spirit, however, is ne
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