Reply To: Shabbos Locks

The 5-button lock is easily opened with a strong magnet. There was an article about this in the New York Times and other papers picked up the story. I think the company is actually being sued.

A local locksmith is trying to convince me that 14-button locks are not so strong. These are the locks that have numbers 0-9 and letters CXYZ in 2 vertical rows. Of course he wants to change the lock for me but…

I suspect the locksmith is looking for business, & is trying to capitalize on the Shabbos-Simplex lock story even though my lock is not the one written about.