08-05-2013, 03:16 PM
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenber...rity-keys/
"At the Def Con hacker conference Saturday, MIT students David Lawrence and Eric Van Albert plan to release a piece of code that will allow anyone to create a 3D-printable software model of any Primus key, despite the company’s attempts to prevent the duplication of those carefully-controlled shapes. With just a flatbed scanner and their software tool, they were able to produce precise models that they uploaded to the 3D-printing services Shapeways and i.Materialise, who mailed them working copies of the keys in materials ranging from nylon to titanium.
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The age old battle between the locks and lock picks continues. Expect a more robust keying system to arise as a result. Perhaps a cylindrical lock with an internal and therefore 'invisible' pattern ?
"At the Def Con hacker conference Saturday, MIT students David Lawrence and Eric Van Albert plan to release a piece of code that will allow anyone to create a 3D-printable software model of any Primus key, despite the company’s attempts to prevent the duplication of those carefully-controlled shapes. With just a flatbed scanner and their software tool, they were able to produce precise models that they uploaded to the 3D-printing services Shapeways and i.Materialise, who mailed them working copies of the keys in materials ranging from nylon to titanium.
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The age old battle between the locks and lock picks continues. Expect a more robust keying system to arise as a result. Perhaps a cylindrical lock with an internal and therefore 'invisible' pattern ?