Re: "Secret" Postal Device stolen
Robert Rothenburg 'Walking-Owl' sez:
Mail Storage Box keys?
I think they use combination locks, actually. Supposedly it's the same combination nationally too.
There was an article in 2600 Magazine about that. The locks are actually 'insecure' and you can test every possible combo in about 10-20 minutes.
I think you are confusing USPS and FedEx. USPS uses key locks seemingly designed by Ben Franklin himself. Look at them someday. FedEx boxes used to have Simplex 926 5 pushbutton ""locks"" if you stretch the point. I'm guessing what they lost was a reloader for postage meters. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com> writes:
USPS uses key locks seemingly designed by Ben Franklin himself. Look at them someday. FedEx boxes used to have Simplex 926 5 pushbutton ""locks"" if you stretch the point.
Don't let the old-fashioned look deceive you. Most mail storage boxes use lever tumbler locks (similar to what's used in safe deposit vaults, though obviously the mailbox locks have a flimsier plug). Lever tumbler locks are in general much harder to pick than pin tumbler locks (the kind on most doors).
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