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[title] Explanation | |
- | [* red] Most euro cylinders have a weak |
+ | [* red] Most euro cylinders have a weak spot where the tread for the fixing screw is. You can easily break the lock by fatiguing the metal until it snaps. |
[* violet] There are ways to protect against this, with p. ex. hardened insterts that hold the lock together. | |
[* icon_note] These protections, as opposed to drill protection, are generally only found in high end security locks though. | |
[* black] Professionals use a tool called a Cylinder Cracker for this. The adjustable clamp adaptor which has a profile on the inside will grip the cylinder and break it easily even if it has very little overhead (only ca. 2 mm required for high quality tools) to grab on to. |