From: nobody@huge.cajones.com (Huge Cajones Remailer)
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 22:47:18 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: "Secret" Postal Device stolen
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David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com> writes:

> USPS uses key locks seemingly designed by Ben Franklin himself.
> Look at them someday. FedEx boxes used to have Simplex 926 
> 5 pushbutton ""locks"" if you stretch the point.

Don't let the old-fashioned look deceive you.  Most mail storage boxes
use lever tumbler locks (similar to what's used in safe deposit
vaults, though obviously the mailbox locks have a flimsier plug).
Lever tumbler locks are in general much harder to pick than pin
tumbler locks (the kind on most doors).