It was only ever going to be a matter of time before something was created from 3D printing that would scare the life out of many home and business owners alike, and unfortunately, it’s now a reality. Read more here: http://www.eatsleepdigitals.com/3d-bump-key-%E2%80%93-printed-keys-every-lock

2. What’s this all about?
It was only ever going to be a matter of time before something
was created from 3D printing that would scare the life out of
many home and business owners alike, and unfortunately, it’s
now a reality.

3. 3D Bump key
It seems a couple of canny engineers have developed a
program that lets them print 3D bump keys to open any lock,
even the high security ones that before today were considered
“unbumpable”.

4. Who made this bump key?
Jo Weyers and Christian Holler have created Photobump, a
DIY software program that can replicate a bump key, without
the need for the key in question to be physically present. All
that is required is a couple of pictures of the lock and the depth
measurement, and the program will create a “bump” key,
capable of picking almost any conventional lock.

5. So what are lock manufacturers saying?
It seems, however, that not all lock manufacturers are
convinced that this will work. IKON issued a statement in
response to an article published in Wired, in which they
denounced the exercise as not being representative of “real
world”, and bump keys as being unreliable, expensive and
useless against locks with moving or hidden parts.

6. Want to know more?
Have we sparked your interest?
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the link below!
The 3D bump key – Printed keys for every lock?