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From: davros@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terry Fong)
Newsgroups: misc.security
Subject: Bicycle Security Devices
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Date: 11 Nov 90 10:26:26 GMT
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My mountain bike, secured with a Kryptonite lock, was recently stolen.
Apparently, the "unbreakable" and "unpickable" lock was not much of a
deterrent to the thief. Some friends of mine thought they had seen an article
on the net a while back describing the weaknesses of Kryptonite-type locks,
but they could not locate the specific one. If anyone out there has information
about the following, please send a reply!

1) Are any of the other "secure" locks (i.e. Citadel, Rhode Gear, etc) better
   or worse than a Kryptonite?

2) Are there known methods for opening/destroying a Kryptonite lock?

3) Recommendations for securing a bicycle.

[Moderator tack-on: There was a largish discussion about this last spring or
so if I remember right.  The archives probably contain lots of answers and
interesting details of where the weaknesses are.   _H*]


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