Editing Safe-cracking (section)

=== Autodialer ===
Autodialing machines have been developed to open safes. Unlike fictional machines that can open any combination in a matter of seconds, such machines are usually specific to a particular type of lock and must cycle through thousands of combinations before success. Such a device was created by two students from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], which took 21,000 tries to open a Sargent and Greenleaf 8500 lock on a Diebold Safe. Lockmasters, Inc. markets the QX3 Combi Autodialer (LKMCOMBI) that works on a variety of 3 and 4 Wheel combination safe locks.<ref>{{cite press release | title=Dialer ITL-2000II | publisher=Zieh-Fix, Inc. | url=https://www.zieh-fix.com/en/dialer-lkmcombi.html | access-date=2020-10-12 }}</ref>

Another computer-aided method uses tools similar to autodialers, which instead make measurements of the internal components of the lock then deduce the combination in a way similar to that of a human safe cracker.  Mas Hamilton's SoftDrill was one such device, but is no longer in production.