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You don't often see the words "combination lock" and "cool" in the same sentence, so this could be a first: The Master Lock 1500eDBX DialSpeed is one cool combination lock. The eye catcher is its ...

However, in the hands of a well-known Californian hacker, it can become a device that can crack a combination lock in little as 30 seconds. Samy Kamkar has made a name for himself cracking locks and ...

Last week, an interesting story made the rounds on social media about a researcher named Samy Kamkar who discovered a flaw in Master-brand combination locks and was able to open the lock in eight ...

Look, we all know that Master combo locks, which go for $4 a pop, are not paragons of security. But damn, this looks easy. In a new video, hacker Samy Kamkar demonstrates a dead simple trick that he ...