1. Adelina Tinoco Mis 304 November 6, 2008
Sneakey
Adelina Tinoco Mis 304 November 6, 2008

2. What is Sneakey?
Software that can duplicate keys via distant digital images

3. How it works Extracts a keys bitting code via optical decoding
It then cuts precise duplicates
Sneakey’s software can determine a key’s bitting code from any angle
Software is also capable of duplicating a key with an image taken from a cell phone camera

4. Origin
Software was developed by a group of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego (Benjamin Laxton, Kai Wang, Stefan Savage)
Code was developed in MatLab
You only need to click a few control points in the image of the key and the 'Sneakey' program does the rest," programmer Benjamin Laxton told a UCSD reporter, "It normalizes the key's size and position so that each pixel then corresponds to a known distance. From this information the height of each of the key cuts can easily be computed and likewise the bitting code can be extracted.“
MATLAB® is a high-level language and interactive environment that enables you to perform computationally intensive tasks faster than with traditional programming languages such as C, C++, and Fortran.

5. Implications Traditional keys are not as safe as people think
Be careful with displaying keys in public
Security can be compromised

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