The picture on the site below shows some simple step-by-step instructions that will narrow the possible combinations from 64,000 down to 100. But you don’t have to try each of those 100 combos. There’s a simple task you go through to figure out the actual combination in a matter of minutes.
http://www.onlineeducation.net/lock/
Or you could say screw that, make a shim out of an aluminum coke can and pick it in 2 seconds.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Padlock-Shim
This information is to help you protect yourself from thieves, not to help you break any laws. It’s readily available in your local library, on the Internet, or from the lock picking guys at DefCon. Now that you know a simple combo padlock is basically just a deterrent, you shouldn’t ever use one to lock up anything of real value.
1:06 pm
Interesting.
I am the MD of text-lock and we are soon launching our new product text-padlock, which is a padlock which can be operated remotely by mobile phone, leaving an electronic signature of anyone using or requesting access. Please see http://www.text-lock.com/text-lock_GSM_SMS_padlock.html for more details on the product.
I welcome your opinions on this and would be fascinated to see your views in this blog.
Oliver