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No, that won't work, because the pins cannot be bumped once the lock is partly turned.



Why not? Vibrations can travel through solid metal. You might be able to make a custom tool that sends vibrations through the core enough to cause the wafers to move up and down even if the core is turned.


The bump key hits the lower pins, which move the upper pins. This is not possible with the Enclave design.

You really cannot move the pins by vibrating the entire lock. The pins are so light that you would need tens if not hundreds of g of acceleration to overcome the spring force.




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