Chances are that the deadbolt lock on your door is not as safe as many people would tend to believe. Recent media coverage throughout the US is trying to raise awareness of a phenomenon called lock bumping, which essentially allows anyone with a key with a simple modification to have a pass key to essentially anyone’s home or office.
This blank key or "Bump Key" is simply placed in the lock of any unsuspecting home, or business owner, and then lightly tapped with the handle of a screwdriver handle, or any blunt object while the key is twisted.A few light taps, a twist and seconds later a perpetrator will have gained entry into virtually any home or office “protected” by 90 percent of the locks on the market.
There are a few simple ways to prevent this from happening. Installing an alarm system, buying a pet, or better lighting around your home. But all of the mentioned can be costly when the easiest solution is spending a little more and installing a better lock.
Bump proof locks, or biometric, fingerprint locks involve a simple installation and a cost ranging between $150 and $200.
By no means are any of the reports out there teaching potential burglars the trick of the trade, they already know this "trick-of-the-trade". Now its time the public knows what is happening, how easy it is, and protect themselves with simple solutions.
A Bump Key is a regular key modified, filed down basically. It will then fit and open any lock that it can slide into. It works on just basic physics. A Bump Key got its name because you bump the key, then the door opens. It is a simple as that!
A lock is bumped by tricking the pins. Bump Proof Locks don't have bumpable pins and some don't even have a key at all the best Bump Proof Locks use Biometric Technology so only you or those you give access can ever open the lock.