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Even a 6 letter & number (case-insensitive) password is going to have 2.2 billion combinations.
There's not too many technical specs for the supposedly open encryption being used, but you have to assume that the question / response has some sort of delay in it - meaning that the thief-in-wait is going to be there for a long time.
"Bitlock ... cannot be defeated using any kind of bolt cutter or hacksaw".
ORLY?
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Even a 6 letter & number (case-insensitive) password is going to have 2.2 billion combinations.
There's not too many technical specs for the supposedly open encryption being used, but you have to assume that the question / response has some sort of delay in it - meaning that the thief-in-wait is going to be there for a long time.
"Bitlock ... cannot be defeated using any kind of bolt cutter or hacksaw".
ORLY?
HACKSAW ALL THE LOCKS!!!
On a sidenote, (If you know these things) does that mean the constant traffic for a router that uses WPA2 is the reason it takes very little time (variable) to crack?
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"Bitlock ... cannot be defeated using any kind of bolt cutter or hacksaw".
ORLY?
Um yeaaaaahhhhhh. They do seem to have rather solved the wrong problem. If they could actually make an uncuttable lock, then they'd have a real product. For a lock whose "structural security is on a par with the best U-locks on the market" it does look rather low-rent. Its skinny shackle, single sided locking and large size make it look pretty susceptible to other forms of attack.
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WPA2 would still need to be bruteforced, and would take years. WEP / WPA can be broken, and take minutes.
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Um yeaaaaahhhhhh. They do seem to have rather solved the wrong problem. If they could actually make an uncuttable lock, then they'd have a real product. For a lock whose "structural security is on a par with the best U-locks on the market" it does look rather low-rent. Its skinny shackle, single sided locking and large size make it look pretty susceptible to other forms of attack.
They solved (or it seems like they may have) the problem they were trying to solve. Their goal does not seem to have been to invent a stronger lock, but create a lock which could be used by multiple people.
The world's first keyless bike lock to enable low cost peer-to-peer bike sharing among individuals and communities.
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Their goal does not seem to have been to invent a stronger lock, but create a lock which could be used by somebody outside while you're sat in the pub.
Using BT for communication has too much range if you're not going to use a confirmation on the handset. NFC would probably be OK, but it's on very few phones at the moment. With BT, they need to unlock from the handset, not just from the lock which happens to be in contact with a handset which may be >10m away. As an example, my phone can still be in touch with a BT headset in my van after I've gone through four sets of doors into an office.
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Wouldn't want to do any big sets on that...
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Not really anything new (except the basket turns into a lock thing)... but still a concept. Kind of like it actually:
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Not really anything new (except the basket turns into a lock thing)... but still a concept. Kind of like it actually:
http://www.peoplepeople.se/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/people_people_spiran_two_bikes1.jpgSome madman posted that in porn, certainly belongs in anti
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Concept e-bike "Concept 1865-Rethinking Materials" - YouTube
Some madman posted that in antiporn, might belong in porn for the pure giggles
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It's a bit Britten V1000
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http://www.huhmagazine.co.uk/5813/combination-lock-for-your-bikes-front-wheel
Not a bad idea actually..
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I'm sure they could be broken off but they'd be good for stopping opportunists, quite fancy one for my front wheel which rarely gets locked.
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I'm sure they could be broken off but they'd be good for stopping opportunists, quite fancy one for my front wheel which rarely gets locked.
I'm no metallurgist but I reckon you could find a way that breaking it off makes the wheel unrideable... in any case, as you say it's better than nothing.
I guess if we all had proper wheel security the pro thieves would just start bolt cropping carbon forks and so on, or undoing the entire front end. There's no real way to stop someone determined and I always worry that "less visible" approaches like this encourage scallywags to have a go then kick your bike in for the lolz if they fail.
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It's all very well for you to snipe, but I'd like to see you make a wooden chain.
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Probably, but you really think someone who buys a proximity lock will actually choose a anything more than a 6 letter password? Dictionary attack the shit out of it and city wide, a weekend yield will be pretty delicious!
If these go into circulation. They'll be shifted alongside OTP bikes or Create's for an extortionate price for the Gen Y that wants a reason to go into their phone to digitally unlock....a lock....