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See my interview with Matthew Myers. He read the book and picked open a Medeco Biaxial in 55 seconds. Not bad at all! Toby’s best time is 27 seconds for a six-pin m3. Will Matthew beat this record? It is up to you Matthew!

Last week, on my way back from Defcon 16, I stopped in Fort Collins, Colorado to interview eighteen-year old Matthew Myers. He is a college freshman at Colordo State University, and also works for the lock shop in Fort Collins. The shop services many facilities in Larimer County that utilize Medeco locks. He told me that Medeco is the predominant high security lock that is sold in the area.

About three weeks ago, Matthew purchased a copy of OPEN IN THIRTY SECONDS. Two days after receiving it, he contacted me and sent me an email containing what he believed were the correct codes for the four code-setting keys that could be used to bump and pick Medeco cylinders. He used the data from a Medeco code book to almost figure it out. The codes were close, but not quite correct.

He told me that after reading the book, he was able to open an off-the-shelf Biaxial cylinder in 55 seconds, by using a key with the correct sidebar code to set the angles. He then picked it with conventional picks. He said that othe lMedeco cylinders took longer.

He confessed that he has been picking locks for about five years, so he was quite profficient, but he was amazed that he was able to compromise the security of the lock in such a short period of time.

Matthew described his experience and his views on the book in our interview.

We thought that the ability to compromise Medeco cylinders by picking could be told much better by an eighteen-year old who had never been able to reliably pick one of these locks prior to reading the book. It should be noted that Matthew agreed not to release the code data that he developed.

We congratulate Matthew for acquiring the skills that we describe in our book. He will surely excell in college.

Matthew is a regular contributor on LP101.

Great work, Matthew!