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mikeash on April 26, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Killer escaped prison after being issued picture o...

I find it hard to come up with an illegitimate reason for this service. A thief could finagle a picture of your key, send off to an online service using information that could easily be traced back to him, then use it to open your door. Or he could just pick your lock in less time than it would take him to fill out the order form.

fnordfnordfnord on April 27, 2013 | [–]

Or if he isn't good at picking, the thief can take the picture and just make the key himself with something like this https://dx.com/p/advanced-key-cutter-16425

dsrguru on April 26, 2013 | [–]

Or smash your window in far less time than it would take to pick that lock.

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