MIT Students Release Code To 3D-Print High Security Keys

Sparrowvsrevolution writes "At the Def Con hacker conference Saturday, MIT students David Lawrence and Eric Van Albert released a piece of code that will allow anyone to create a 3D-printable software model of any Schlage Primus key, despite Schlage's attempts to prevent the duplication of the restricted keys. With just a flatbed scanner and their software tool, they were able to produce precise models of Primus keys that they uploaded to the 3D-printing services Shapeways and i.Materialise, who mailed them working copies of the keys in materials ranging from nylon to titanium. Primus high-security locks are used in government facilities, healthcare settings, and detention centers, and their keys are coded with two distinct sets of teeth, one on top and one on the side. That, along with a message that reads 'do not duplicate' printed on the top of every key, has made them difficult to copy by normal means. With Lawrence and Van Albert's software, anyone can now scan or take a long-distance photo of any Primus key and recreate it for as little as $5."

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3D printing shall not have arrived

[smittyoneeach]

Until somebody offends the G8. Vladimir Putin subsequently has him bound to a rock, where each day an eagle is sent to feed on his liver, which is re-printed and re-installed each day, almost like an old Windows version.
OR
. . .is bound to the same rock, and subjected to Barack Obama speeches in an infinite loop.

Unclear which is worse.