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dormakaba Saflok locks — used on around three million doors across 13,000 hotels — are vulnerable to an attack that involves forging electronic keycards.

Better put them on something not very valuable or necessary. Here we explain why.

Keys make a clicking sound when inserted in door locks. Scientists have found a way to duplicate a key using a recording of the sound.

It seems the only reason to buy a “smart” padlock is to make lock-pickers happy.

A hacker connects a mysterious device to a lock, picks its code within a few seconds, and unlocks the door. That’s how it always happens in the movies, but is it the same in real life?

At the Chaos Communication Congress a university professor tells how to forge keys using a 3D printer and we come up with a few tips how to protect yourself from that.