On 11/02/2010 12:14 PM, Gilbert Wilson wrote: > A client of mine has "forgotten" the combination to their laptop cable > lock. This particular lock does not have a key option as a failsafe > so no bik pen option, either. Does anyone have pointers on how to > break a combination lock? Water boarding is not an option here. If > all else fails I'll hacksaw it off (the lock, not the client's > fingers), but would prefer a less dramatic option. The lock looks > like one of those old bike locks with the 5 digit dials that go from 0 > - 9. Thankfully, the client locked the computer to their office desk, > not a coffee shop table or a park bench so we have time....
My experience with doing this is *ahem* finite, but I have found twisting the lock enough will put enough pressure on the locking tab for the metal to fail. From there, you can remove the pieces. Finite == 2 cases where we had to do this. I'd go with brute force, boltcutters, and nitrogen first. :) -- -- John E. Jasen (jja...@realityfailure.org) -- "Deserve Victory." -- Terry Goodkind, Naked Empire _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org http://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
