Do You Know What Lock Bumping Is?
Ever heard of lock bumping? If not, you definitely need to make yourself a little more aware. Lock bumping is a new form of “breaking and entering” for even the dumbest of criminals. It’s so easy that kids can do it within seconds, and the scariest part of all is that it works on 90% of manufactured locks. In fact, most lock manufacturers refuse to comment about this growing problem, either because they’re just learning about it, or they have heard about it and have no idea how to fix it. Either way, the message of lock bumping needs to be spread like wildfire so that the good guys stand a chance against the bad guys.
How it Works: Using a bump key, or a regular key with a specific series of cuts (pattern is displayed everywhere on the internet) all an intruder has to do is stick the key into your lock, tap it 1-5 times with a tool such as a handle of a screwdriver, turn the key and open your door.
The process is so quick that your neighbors won’t even notice something is wrong. The intruder stands at your front door, inserts a key, gives it a love tap and turn the knob. Neighbors will think you gave your cousin, brother, friend or whoever an extra key.
So how do you protect yourself? There’s many ways to secure your home. If you can afford more expensive locks, Medeco offers a wide range of locks that can’t be bumped. Other ways to secure your home would be to have loud pets, alarm systems and extra lighting inside and out. Sticks in your sliding glass doors and windows, as well as window films, CCTV systems and video monitoring systems will help you to “step up” your home security.
Don’t be a victim of this crime. You’re possessions are way to important to let this go. Make sure everyone you know; friends, family, neighbors know about this technique that makes the dumbest criminals look smart. Creating bump keys is easy and affordable.
Like I mentioned before, the internet has offered all potential intruders unlimited information about creating a bump key and putting it to use. There are various YouTube clips that give you a visual of how this technique works, so look it up. Spread the word.
