USB Electronic Key Impressioner looks like it is made up…

USB Electronic Key Imressioner could help you be gone in 60 milliseconds

If you’re stealing a car these days, there’s a good chance you’re not bothering to actually pick the locks, but if you are, your job is about to get a little easier. A device called the Electronic Key Impressioner is inserted into a car door and scans the position of the tumblers inside. It feeds information back to a PC over USB which then, when told the car’s model, can provide the necessary information to cut the perfect key on the first attempt. Right now it only works on Fords with simple metal keys (like, say, a 1967 Shelby GT500), but the hope is to expand the device to support other manufacturers and, possibly, electronic keys in the future. It will be available to locksmiths and authorized security professionals in 2010. Sorry, Nick, you’ll have to find another way to get into Eleanor.

What’s this thing all about? I’m not sure how it could possibly work, or if there is much point to it. The lack of photo suggests it isn’t real.

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