A Brief History of Keys: Bit and Barrel

Bit
or Barrel Key
Yesterday,
we used this type of key for security.
It
was state of the art technology and
virtually
unbeatable.
Over
time, criminals developed tools and skills which they used to defeat locks that
use this key.
The
best known technique for opening this type of lock is with a skeleton key.
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