The Internet is making easier for criminals to get their hands on a tool that can pick a lock in seconds. For years, locksmiths have used "bump keys." With a tap, the key can pick nearly all ...

“I’m so frustrated,” said Lynella Hart as she secured a combination lock to a chain wrapped around the handle to her front door. “I’m just a nervous wreck.” Hart‘s extreme measures for security is her ...

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 ...

You may not have heard of “bump keys,” but a growing number of criminals have, and may be using the devices to break into homes, officials say. The low-tech devices have been around about 20 years, ...

I received this note and the film being referenced is scary. I find nothing about this ability for "master keys to be bumped/used on MOST house locks". Is this a scam, or is principle similar to ...

The keys are increasingly being used in burglaries across the country. — -- It used to be that only locksmiths used bump keys -– a modified key that can be used to open many kinds of locks –- but ...