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Lock Bumping Keys

According to the Internet and network news, our homes and personal security are now threatened by a new menace—“ lock bumping keys.” Unlike master keys that are fabricated by locksmiths to fit a series of locks, lock bumping keys can be made and used by criminals with little or no training. A lock bumping key is a normal key filed down so that it can slide into any keyhole it fits. Most household locks are held fast by pins that pass between the body of the lock and the cylinder that turns the bolt. Each pin is actually two stacked sections held down by a spring. The sheer, where the sections meet, varies in height along the three or more pins in a lock. To work, a key must lift each pin so that all their sheers and the sheer between the cylinder and the lock meet. This allows the cylinder to turn freely in the lock and withdraw or extend a bolt. Unlike a “pick” that involves teasing each pin to its sheer level and requires training and practice to use, a lock bumping key is supposed to accomplish the same thing by hammering a ground-down key and twisting open the lock during the brief instant the tops of all the pins fly up.

Lock Bumping Security Threat

If you are reading this then you have been turn on to the threat of lock bumping. Here is a little history about it. In the 1970’s, locksmsiths from Denmark shared a technique of knocking or lock bumping as it is now called on a lock cylinder while applying slight pressure to the back of the lock plug. When the pins inside the lock cylinder jump up for that split second, then the plug inside the lock is able to slide freely and disassemble the lock quickly. The use of the lock bumping key was not introduced until some time later and was first recognized as a potential home security issue around 2002 and 2003 in Europe. However with advent of the interenet the word has gotten out to the rest of the world.

There are some preventative mesaures that the locksmiths say you can do.

1. increase the outside lighting around your doors
2. buy more expensive high security locks
3. spray lock lubricant in your locks
4. get home security alarm
5. get a dog

For more information on lock bumping you can visit our public webiste at Lock Bumping .org. Here you will find a lot more information on lock bumping along with lock bumping keys and lock bumping hammers which is used to hit the key once it is in the lock.

Lock Bumping and It’s Legal Status

Lock bumping has been around since the 70’s in Denmark. It has only come to the lime light with the advent of the internet in the United States.

In the Unites States the lock bumping key is considered a burglary tool in most states. However it seems that only California has listed the bump key in one of it’s penal codes directly. It will probablly not be long before the rest of the states pass a code which list the lock bumping key directly. 

Normal House Key vs. Lock Bumping Key

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Some of the big lock manufactures that have designed and now produce a bump resistant lock include Medeco, Schlage, Kwikset, BiLock and Master. These companies all now advertise either a bump resistant or bump proof lock. The price range of the new locks ranges from around $50 up to $200. However you can probably find them on sale on one of the many sites selling bump proof locks.

One quick and easy way to help prevent the bump key from working in your locks is to spray a lock lubricant or WD40 into the key slot. This tends to make the pins and springs not stick when the bump key is forced or bumped into the key hole.

Lock Bumping Locks With A Bump Key

If you are interested in buying some Medeco locks the same ones they use in the White House then check out http://peiferlock.com. They are full fledged lock smiths with years of experience and knowledge.

If your intrested in buying or getting more information about bi locks then check out http://www.wholesalelocks.com/bump-proof-locks.html.

For more information on lock bumping you can also visit our main site at Lock Bumping .org.

Lock Bumping and Antibump Locks

Lock bumping and bump proof locks. There are only a few real bump proof locks. Most of the high security locks on the marekt are only bump resistant and not bump proof. One of the best bump proof locks is the bilock. The bilock is probably the most popular bump proof lock.

For more information on lock bumping you can visit our public site at Lock Bumping .org.

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Lock Bumping a Night Watch Deadbolt from Master Lock

Everyone check out this new deadbolt from Master Lock. If you are concerned about lock bumping keys when you are at home just hanging out or sleeping then you need to check out this product. It seems that master lock has come up with a lock that can’t be picked or bumped when a feature on this lock is engaged. This lock will only stop lock bumping when this special deadbolt feature is used.

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Lock Bumping and Bump Proof Locks Part - 4

Ok, the big question needs to be asked here. Are the medeco locks really that easy to break into or are they only able to be opened with lock bumping by a very serious or professional lock picker. I am hearing from both sides of the fence on this one. It has gotten to the point where the information being thrown out there is just now propaganda to get that sides point of view across.  Please mr lock smiths of the world let us in own whether or not this really is a security threat or just a bunch of hype. Use a fake name or user id. We don’t care. Just eductate us and lets move on from there!

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Lock Bumping and Bump Proof Locks Part - 3

This is part 3 of our 4 part series on bump proof locks and which one really is bump proof and not just bump key resistant or marketing fluff. We are asking you the industry experts to inform the public to which locks are really bump proof. There currently is so much information out there about lock bumping that we are trying to focus our efforts and dial in on the locks that are actually bump proof in nature and not just sold as bump proof locks to make a buck. Today we are looking at Schlage Primus locks. Lock smiths and industry insiders or anyone that has purchsased a Schlage Primus Lock please respond with your comments and insites to inform us all.

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