Re: "Secret" Postal Device stolen

Robert Rothenburg 'Walking-Owl' sez:
> 
> 
> > Mail Storage Box keys?
> 
> I think they use combination locks, actually. Supposedly it's the same
> combination nationally too.
> 
> There was an article in 2600 Magazine about that. The locks are 
> actually 'insecure' and you can test every possible combo in about
> 10-20 minutes.

I think you are confusing USPS and FedEx.

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.

I'm guessing what they lost was a reloader for postage meters.


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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).