Tinker ☀️1d ago

Fediverse Question (especially for hackers, burglars, lockpickers, and miscreants):

What is that name of this lock?

I need to replace it. And I need to know what to type into the search bar to replace it.

(The lock mechanism uses wafers. But I'm not looking for a "wafer lock" - like... I can't put a cabinet wafer lock on this).

It's used for locked glass bulletin boards (physical boards). I dont want to buy a new board. I just need to replace the lock. We can pick it open (and pick it closed) but not everyone knows how to jiggle a jiggler.

(side question... I dont even need to replace the lock if it has a standard key)

(Edit. Maybe if I added the pictures that would help)

#infosec #pentest #lockpicking #locksport

Show threadTinker ☀️1d ago
Maybe it is just a "wafer lock". Huh.
Show threadTinker ☀️1d ago
Cabinet cam lock. I think thats it.
Show threadcorq
@tinker Oh, that was the first lock style I learned to lockpick :3
Apr 14 at 1:15amWeb
Show threadvxo1d ago
@corq
These are so satisfying to pick open.
@tinker
Show threadcorq1d ago
@vxo @tinker Sadly when was in IT, somehow this became MY problem. I usually only needed this skill after an Office RIF, because no one remembers to turn in cabinet keys 👀
Show threadOrb 20691d ago

@corq
@tinker

In offices, they usually have numbers stamped on the cylinder, indicating the key needed to open. There's usually only four or five numbers per manufacturer, and if you don't already have one, you can buy replacement sets
(edit - fixing link)
https://easykeys.com/372_Wesko_W001-W799_Lock_Keys.aspx

@vxo

Show threadvxo1d ago
@Orb2069
Yeah, I should go through at work and make a list of the keys we need for all the furniture. We've had a few cases of one desk no one has a key for getting locked, but that one will let me in with nothing more than a green xcelite, the matching key would probably be like four nearly matching cuts
@corq @tinker
Show threadcorq1d ago

@vxo @tinker I need to practice, I never did master the laptop cable locks.

I assume they're easy, I just needed more practice.

Show threadvxo1d ago
@corq
They're so chintzy that you have rough milled parts, debris, and all sorts of obstacles making the feel wrong. Security pins cut from old beer cans.
@tinker
Show threadTinker ☀️1d ago

@corq - Lol, similar! It's like... I'm around these locks all the time and I pick them all the time, but I only ever refer to them as "the lock on <insert greater item name or location>" as opposed to the actual name type of the lock.

I have a lot of experiencing picking that doohickey or bypassing that whatchamacallit. 😅