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February 5th, 2010, 14:20
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If you're stealing a car these days, there's a good chance you're not bothering to actually pick the locks, but if you are, your job is about to get a little easier. A device called the Electronic Key Impressioner is inserted into a car door and scans the position of the tumblers inside. It feeds information back to a PC over USB (http://www.engadget.com/tag/usb) which then, when told the car's model, can provide the necessary information to cut the perfect key on the first attempt. Right now it only works on Fords with simple metal keys (like, say, a 1967 Shelby GT500), but the hope is to expand the device to support other manufacturers and, possibly, electronic keys in the future. It will be available to locksmiths and authorized security professionals in 2010. Sorry, Nick, you'll have to find another way to get into Eleanor.Continue reading USB Electronic Key Impressioner could help you be gone in 60 milliseconds (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/usb-electronic-key-impressioner-could-help-you-be-gone-in-60-mill/)
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If you're stealing a car these days, there's a good chance you're not bothering to actually pick the locks, but if you are, your job is about to get a little easier. A device called the Electronic Key Impressioner is inserted into a car door and scans the position of the tumblers inside. It feeds information back to a PC over USB (http://www.engadget.com/tag/usb) which then, when told the car's model, can provide the necessary information to cut the perfect key on the first attempt. Right now it only works on Fords with simple metal keys (like, say, a 1967 Shelby GT500), but the hope is to expand the device to support other manufacturers and, possibly, electronic keys in the future. It will be available to locksmiths and authorized security professionals in 2010. Sorry, Nick, you'll have to find another way to get into Eleanor.Continue reading USB Electronic Key Impressioner could help you be gone in 60 milliseconds (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/usb-electronic-key-impressioner-could-help-you-be-gone-in-60-mill/)
USB Electronic Key Impressioner could help you be gone in 60 milliseconds (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/usb-electronic-key-impressioner-could-help-you-be-gone-in-60-mill/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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