This story first appeared in WIRED 13.02 published in February, 2005. For a lock picker, the world is a different place. Take, for example, a typical suburban house, with a bicycle in the front yard ...

My buddy bought a combination padlock at a garage sale. It was made by Master Lock, and was the model with the stainless-steel case with a black dial and white numbers ranging from 0 to 39. The ...

Long, long ago we covered a method to crack a Master lock in about 30 minutes or less. Here’s a revival of the same method but now the instructions to retrieve the combination are in info-graphic ...

A century ago, Harry Soref had an idea for a new product: a tough but affordable lock. The Russian, Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant approached family and friends in Milwaukee and asked if they would ...

In 1921, Russian-Jewish immigrant Harry Soref approached his family for startup money for his new brand. He wanted to sell improved locks, he told them. "Lox?" they said (Yiddish for smoked salmon.) ...

There are many sites around Milwaukee that were once home to large, buzzing industrial centers, employing hundreds, sometimes thousands of neighborhood folks, and we lament their shuttering and the ...

Master Lock’s world headquarters in Oak Creek is closing, affecting the 100-plus employees who work at the facility. The closure is part of a consolidation of offices by Fortune Brands Innovations, ...