The Padlock Wiki: From Wood Pegs to AI Shackles
C:\PADLOCK> DIR /HISTORY Volume in drive C is ANCIENT_ORIGINS Directory of C:\PADLOCK\ANCIENT 2000 BCEGYPT_ASSYRIA Wooden pin-tumbler locks. Earliest known: Assyria (Nineveh). Large wooden bolt + pegs. Egyptian key-prodder lifts latch. Tombs, granaries. No shackle. [Source: Excavations] ~1000 BC CHINA_BRONZE First true padlocks. Bronze, spring-loaded, animal-shaped. Silk Road spread. Han Dynasty silver/brass. [Taiwan Museum] 500 BC ROME_IRON Portable U-shackle pads. Warded keys. Viking York (850 AD): "Padlock" from livestock paddocks? > TYPE SECURITY_NOTES.TXT Early locks = detection, not prevention. Wood rots. Metal wins portability. > PAUSE