Classic Logic · Mar 14, 2021

Number Lock Brute Force

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While cleaning his wardrobe a family-member discovered his old bag with a built-in number lock. He forgot the number and was contemplating detroying the lock to open it. The lock had only two 10-digit combination; 100 possible numbers – brute force is feasible! The lock opened on 55 . This lead me to contemplate the design of the bag and the number lock. Why would anyone design a number lock…

While cleaning his wardrobe a family-member discovered his old bag with a built-in number lock. He forgot the number and was contemplating detroying the lock to open it.

The lock had only two 10-digit combination; 100 possible numbers – brute force is feasible!

The lock opened on 55.

This lead me to contemplate the design of the bag and the number lock. Why would anyone design a number lock with just two digits? Anybody who steals the bag can find the correct permutation in less than 3 minutes – blatant illusion of safety.

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