27 Jun
2002
27 Jun
'02
10:20 a.m.
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
Most office filing cabinents have simple wafer-tumbler
locks which are
very easy to pick. I guess properly secure filing cabinets are made, but
the locks on all those I've seen wouldn't keep anyone out.
File cabinet locks are partially standardized. Best makes cylinders (NOT
IC) to retrofit them. Those are pin-tumbler with Best keyways, and are
the same difficulty to pick as an ordinary commercial/industrial
lock. There are even Medeco file cylinder locks!
But on many file cabinets, the latch mechanism can be manipulated with a
thin ruler on the right side of the drawers. Why have a hard to pick lock
on something that can be easily bypassed?