Originally Posted by
livedarklions
The problem with this...
The idea was that you announced you found a weakness with/flaw in/problem about a lock to the public but didn't announce exactly what that problem was* for some short period of time. You informed the manufacturer and gave them just a bit to fix the issue or withdraw the lock from sale before going full public**.
*Consumer Reports did this back in 1991 with the Kryptonite u-lock
**Consumer Reports did
not do this and Kryptonite continued to sell locks that could be opened with the body of a Bic pen for the next ten years!