The above video is one of the most recent items of evidence that clearly show Schlage Primus locks are NOT BUMP PROOF.
There are multiple advertizers online that falsely advertize Primus as a bump proof product. It never has been or is capable of being bump proof.
While it is true, that Primus is a very good quality product, this video evidence proves beyond any doubt that the product is not bump proof as advertized by so many online marketers.
So who do you believe today?
If some locksmiths are proven wrong, who do you trust?
Put your trust in Bilock Extreme Security products. The original 100% fully guaranteed bump proof pin tumbler product on the market.
Update 7/20/09
I am not so sure if readers fully appreciate the temerity of the situation with bump keys. Bump keys can be created by anyone who has access to the pin tumbler key belonging to a lock or group of locks. You see, if someone has a key in their hand, that slides into the desired keyhole (it doent have to turn - just slide in), they can create a bump key for that very lock or group of locks.
Where it gets scarier, is considering that large institutions, universities, churches, hospitals, public amenities, government capitol buildings, defense department facilities, naval boats, office complexes etc, that operate using a master key system or multiple systems are even more prone to this simple form of attack. Master key systems that employ the modern pin tumbler principle ( as originally patented by Linus Yale in 1864), which include almost all the most recognizeable brands today, Schlage, Kwikset, Tylo, Yale, Corbin, Assa, Medeco, Primus, Scorpion, Lockwood, Russwin, Baldwin, Cambridge, Plymouth, Mul-t-lock, Best, Falcon, Master, ILCO, American Lock just to name a few are built using multiple pins (also called wafers) in each tumbler position. This fundamentally exposes each lock cylinder to substantially less security. These keyholes are even easier to circumvent using the bump key techniques.
How can you make a primus bump key when you don't have access to the keyblanks and have no knowledge of the side bar bitting in the cylinder?
ReplyDeleteIn theory, you can bump the lock if you have the right keyblank. In practice, you have no access to that keyblank in a key control system like Primus so good luck making a bump key when you can't get your hands on the keyblank and every Primus system has a uniquely different side bar bitting.
Level one side bar cuts are the same throughout Canada and the U.S. Available on the internet, the key will allow the cutting of a universal bump key. Mastered or restricted keys can be obtained in many ways. A mastered building, for example, will have the same sidebar for all keys. Thus any janitor or secretary's key will make a bump key for the whole building.
DeleteNot necessarily. Many Primus systems side bar codes are reused across county/state lines. As to your other statement about having access to a correctly milled side bar code, it is quite simple to obtain one deceptively and then, if it comes from one locksmith company, you could potentially be able to bump open any Primus lock in that companies systems, right?
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