OT: Been There, Screamed About That

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu Jun 27 17:20:51 2002

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
> Most office filing cabinents have simple wafer-tumbler locks which are
> very easy to pick. I guess properly secure filing cabinets are made, but
> the locks on all those I've seen wouldn't keep anyone out.

File cabinet locks are partially standardized. Best makes cylinders (NOT
IC) to retrofit them. Those are pin-tumbler with Best keyways, and are
the same difficulty to pick as an ordinary commercial/industrial
lock. There are even Medeco file cylinder locks!
But on many file cabinets, the latch mechanism can be manipulated with a
thin ruler on the right side of the drawers. Why have a hard to pick lock
on something that can be easily bypassed?
Received on Thu Jun 27 2002 - 17:20:51 BST