Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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In this video CaptainHookNumber1 decodes the legendary Western Electric 30C lever lock. This lock has anti pick mechanisms that have defeated many would-be pickers. Here CaptainHookNumber1 uses a decoding method to discover the key bitting and fabricate a working key for this lock. The Western Electric 30C was the focus of a FBI manhunt when a man known as the "Telephone Bandit" began picking payphones. His method of bypassing and picking this lock remains unknown to this day.

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