CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Have you ever heard of lock bumping? It's a technique for opening a lock using a specially crafted key, and it may be a burglar's secret weapon in ripping you off. Lock ...

Thanks to the popularity of such Web sites as YouTube, as well as other readily available how-to video tutorials and full-length training seminars, this well-kept trade practice is now very public.

2 Wants To Know already warned you to guard your keys. We told you about about KeysDuplicated.com. The website uses pictures to makes copies of keys. Well the site's creator said you should be just as ...

A close friend recently sent me a link to an article on a technique to open locks. The trick is that it's simple and easy to learn. There's no manual dexterity involved and it works on most any lock.

Getting past a locked door is easy if you have the right tools. It’s just a matter of knowing how to adjust the pins inside to an even level while turning the mechanism at the same time when ...

Burglars in Houston’s Sunnyside neighborhood could be using a common tool to wreak uncommon panic among some homeowners. “I’m so frustrated,” said Lynella Hart as she secured a combination lock to a ...

In one of the more interestingly punctuated press releases I've been sent in a while, I was alerted to the Super Grip Lock, pitched as a solution to the key bumping problem (you know, where people can ...

“Bumping a lock” is an old art that’s become more difficult. But Wired reports that lock-picking engineers Jos Weyers and Christian Holler have come up with simple software that can 3-D print ...

Bump keys are primitive tools used by locksmiths (and HAXoRZ) to knock open simple locks. Until now, many locks were secure simply because they were too complex to be bumped and, as a result, you had ...

A serial burglar used a specially-made key to break into nearly a dozen apartments in Burlington County, New Jersey, authorities said. Angel Calo-Rivera, 54 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was arrested ...

We've all locked ourselves out of our homes or offices at least once, but what do you do when there aren't any handy spare keys laying around? Well, seeing as how we live in the future, you could ...