How it works: Tubular locks are similar to pin tumblers ... to penetrate because it's difficult to use a common straight-lock pick on a series of pins that are in a circle. Vulnerability ...

And maybe 15 seconds with a rake pick and a tension wrench ... Last summer, Tobias' report on how to use a ballpoint pen to hack tubular locks---locks with circular key interfaces, like those ...

In 2004, my colleagues and I demonstrated the use of a simple ballpoint pen to impression many of the tubular locks that were so prevalent at that time. Then we figured out how to open the best ...

Engadget reader Chester Bullock decided to toss Kryptonite the link and video we posted about picking their ... concerns regarding tubular cylinders used in some Kryptonite locks.