Took the kid on a short neighborhood walk. Along the way, found a 4 disk bike or motorcycle lock hanging loose on a fence. So, I took it walking.
By the time we reached the road I had found its code, 6193, and opened it. Actually
I thought I first found 9193; then the kid found several adjacent codes that worked,
and then eventually only one code worked. I think we might have inadvertently reprogrammed the combination, though I didn't that that was possible in that kind of lock.
We eventually wrapped it around an ornamental post. The kid did this, then ran away. I pointed out his fingerprints were all over it; he said they weren't in the DB yet; I said
they would be eventually; but that he could say he picked it up and dropped it, then
a gloved vandal locked it round the post.
Cover your ass. Plausible deniability. Think like the adversary. Crypto, safety engineering, reliability, availability, etc.
PS: I once brute forced a 3-digit lock I found in an airport, while waiting.
Hilarious.
