Posted on 09/30/2012 1:26:40 PM PDT by SMGFan
This man has the keys to the city — and he’s selling them for a measly 150 bucks.
If the wrong person buys a set, we could all be in trouble.
Retired New Jersey locksmith Daniel Ferraris, 69, is hawking what he calls a “firemen’s key ring” — and what a terrorist might call a dream come true.
The set consists of five keys that would allow control of virtually any elevator in the city, could knock out power to municipal buildings and skyscrapers, darken city streets, open subway gates and some firehouse doors and provide full access to 1 World Trade Center and other construction sites.
Ferraris sold an undercover Post reporter the key-collection ring after posting his wares on eBay under the user name “thesixlever.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Ok, lets see if I get this correct a guy publicly names himself, and publicly states he has the keys to the city....but hasn’t been taken into custody yet and this paper thinks the story is legit?
Oh, every so concerned posts pictures and describes the keys in detail.
Now the feds sit back and look at his clientele.
Another Obama-Muslim Brotherhood operation?
The keyes this guy is selling are all pretty easy to get a hold of for anyone who wants them and not many could cause more than a nuisance.
The electrical panel key will get you into a panel but not into a large building’s electrical vault. The elevator key will let you be a jackass in one elevator, and you will be easily stopped by building facility engineers. The traffic key will allow you to be a jackass at one traffic light and you will be easily stopped by cops. The firemans service key will get you into fire sprinkler riser rooms and other such places. If you have arson in mind the key will not help you when the sprinkler tamper switches activate. The street box key will allow you to be a jackass with one box, and you will be easily stopped by the cops.
I suppose that these keyes could play a part in some overall plot but anyone putting the time and thought into something big could get them with or without this locksmith.
So . . . how much is it worth to be a jackass five ways till Sunday?
” So . . . how much is it worth to be a jackass five ways till Sunday?”
Probably get you a job in the Obama administration.
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$150 for keyes
$500 court costs
$500-1000 in fines
$2000 to a lawyer (a cheap one)
1 night in jail.
My math puts that at a minimum of $3,150 plus a night of fighting off drunks at the county hoosegow.
What is worse is the hacker community (who love a good puzzle) will quick post detailed instructions on how to make these.
The photo of the keys is detailed enough to measure the depth of each cut required. In fact, a 3d printer will make it even easier to produce, since some of those keys may be hard to find blanks for.
Hackers recently did this for a high security handcuffs.
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