Before you start making evil plans, keep in mind that most states in the U.S. consider a bump key a burglary tool so don't go getting yourself arrested. Bump a Lock [How-To Wiki] sprite-chat-bubble ...

If your home has a lot of interior doors that lock, sooner or later, you’re bound to lose the key or lock it inside the room (if the door even has a key), or discover your toddler has locked ...

Crooks have found another way to pick your lock. Here's how to stop them. When Katie Robinson showed up at the Twisted Apron restaurant after a call from her alarm company, she found a hole in the ...

Before you can defeat a lock, you need to know how it works. When you slip a key into a lock, its ridges push up on a series of small pins running into a cylinder.

To pick a lock, you simply need to insert a pick and push the pins into place so that the upper, blue part clicks into place outside of the cylinder. This will allow the cylinder to turn freely ...