Star Tech Journal

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February 1993
rouser leg will not be able to
cut through it. If your padlocks
are too small, you are a sitting
duck.Also,makesurethatthe
shackle is held shut with a ball
bearing. This makes it impos-
sible to pry open.
Secondly, never buy a padlock
from your local hardware
store, especially if you are us-
ing keyed-alike locks. There
are only a small number of
combinations for any brand
that are sold over the counter.
For a very small investment, a
crook could buy one of each
and have just the key he needs
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to get into your machine. Ifhe
really wants to have some fun,
he could than switch padlocks
putting on his own of the same
brand that looks exactly like
yours and now you will have to
break into your own machine.
YES ... I've seen it done.
Some people who insist on us-
ing over-the-counter padlocks
don't even bother to remove
the code that is printed on each
padlock, so the thief just has to
read it and then get out the
orrect key the first time. Now
, at he knows "your key", off
he goes to find all of your ma-
chines. If you happen to be
servicing a chain of stores, it's
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all over for you in a very short
time.
to paying $3.95 or less for my
padlocks. But that was the day
I got smart. That day was
about 8 years ago, and I can
say that I have never had a
lock picked or cut by anything
since then. But then new
troubles started because the
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Now that you are convinced
that you should buy a padlock
with a large shackle that locks
with a ball bearing, and from a
lock dealer and not from Home
Depot, you want to keep the
price down,
so you decide
to buy one
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on pinball machines with mylar shields. (Those old clean-
BIG MIS-
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I couldn't be-
lieve my eyes
when I saw a
guy take 2
paper clips
and in less
than
five
minutes
open such a
padlock ( the
kind I used to
use).
Not
only that,
keys to open
cheap locks
can easily be
fabricated
and then cop-
ied.
It broke my
heart when I
bought my
first batch of
padlocks
that cost $10
plus each. Af-
ter all, I was
accustomed
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