NODE 49283f03Re: "Secret" Postal Device stolen
Huge Cajones Remailer <nobody@huge.cajones.com>Sun, 2 Feb 1997 02:11:33 -0800 (PST)
David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com> writes:
> USPS uses key locks seemingly designed by Ben Franklin himself.
> Look at them someday. FedEx boxes used to have Simplex 926
> 5 pushbutton ""locks"" if you stretch the point.
Don't let the old-fashioned look deceive you. Most mail storage boxes
use lever tumbler locks (similar to what's used in safe deposit
vaults, though obviously the mailbox locks have a flimsier plug).
Lever tumbler locks are in general much harder to pick than pin
tumbler locks (the kind on most doors).
NODE 3c66ffe2No Subject
Bovine Remailer <haystack@holy.cow.net>Sun, 2 Feb 1997 08:00:45 -0800 (PST)
Someone using the Huge Cajones mailer wrote:
David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com> writes:
> USPS uses key locks seemingly designed by Ben Franklin himself.
> Look at them someday. FedEx boxes used to have Simplex 926
> 5 pushbutton ""locks"" if you stretch the point.
Still did last I checked.
Don't let the old-fashioned look deceive you. Most mail storage boxes
use lever tumbler locks (similar to what's used in safe deposit
vaults, though obviously the mailbox locks have a flimsier plug).
How is that obvious? Safe deposit locks generally aren't designed to
be hard to open, just hard to open without damage. There's always
either a guard or a locked vault door protecting the locks.
Mailboxes, on the other hand, generally aren't kept under guard or in
vaults.