[quote]The robot consists of a clamp, which hold the lock in place using a thumb-screw, and a puller, a solenoid-controlled grabber which yanks the loop of the lock to try to open it, and a stepper-motor which actually turns the knob and dials in the combinations.
Once the lock is in place, you fire up the companion software called LockCracker. You input the numbers you know, hit start, then go out behind the bike-shed to smoke an illicit cigarette. The software — written in Python — runs through all possible combinations in turn, trying the lock each time (so it really does use brute-force after all). Eventually, it will pop, and you’re in. It will even tell you the combination so you can do it yourself next time.[/quote]
Creato da alcuni studenti del Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering di Needham, [url=http://www.thelockcracker.com/]questo[/url] strumento permette di aprire un lucchetto a combinazione pur non conoscendo nessun numero. Il tutto in un paio d’ore, tempo che però diminuisce nel caso si conosca una o più cifre del codice.
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