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AT&T Identifies Widespread Security Hole - In Locks

Posted by timothy on from the analogies-reversed dept.

__roo writes "The New York Times has an article [free registration required] about a researcher at AT&T Labs Research who has discovered a little-known vulnerability in many locks that lets a person create a copy of the master key for an entire building by starting with any key from that building, and it requires little more than a file and a few key blanks."

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  1. I'm locked out of the article.. by Meleneth · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    something about registration required. I would NEVER sign up for an account on any kind of web based system. Evil.

    3. Profit!

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    1. Re:I'm locked out of the article.. by Meleneth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I would never post a message either.

      What are you implying, sir?

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      remote access CLI with tools is the only friend you'll ever need.
  2. IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lock exploits YOU!!!

  3. Re:HOW TO DO IT - New moderation reporting? by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Moderations: 40% Insightful, 70% Informative"

    I'm assuming the percents refer to the number of people who have moderated this post. But I still don't see how this makes any sense.
    40 percent of people who moderated this post think it is insightful, while 70% find it informative? Since this is over 100% it implies that some person(s) moderated this both insightful and informative. I didn't think it was possible for a mod to moderate a post more than once. This is screwy..

  4. New moderation reporting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey I just got moderated 50% flamebate 50% insightful. gotta think on that one.