The latest criminal on the streets in the Key Snapper, and what does he do? He takes pictures of your keys! And why does he do this? Because San Diego computer scientists at a lab in the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering have made a way to copy your keys with just a picture. Scary huh?
Now just a little background information. Your keys contain a numeric code that shows exactly to unlock your desired lock. If it doesn't have that code, the lock won't unlock.
So how does it work? Ok, so typically keys have about 5 or 6 cuts and are evenly spaced out. The people over at the UCSD lab made a piece of software that can determine the depth of each cut, the numeric code and info on the brand of key the picture is taken of. Use that little piece of software and you can successfully be "Sneakey."
Did I forget to mention, they're calling it Sneakey? Pretty creative huh? And watch out for the Key Snapper! He might just get your keys!
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Link: Sneakey Homepage
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