Lockpicking
Posted by creining | Filed under Security
I just ordered a book on lockpicking. I’ve been interested in the (in)security of locks since I’ve been interested in computer security, same dynamic. The best guide I’ve read on the subject thus far is the infamous MIT Guide to Lock Picking. A resource online that I’ve found recently on lockpicking is the Waag Society TOOOL (The Open Organization Of Lockpickers) which graciously hosts a couple lockpicking workshop videos from the H2K2 and H2K conferences. These videos really show are easy lockpicking can be. I highly recommend any aspiring lockpicker to watch those. I tried cracking my Master Lock combination too, by following that guide. The lock didn’t fare all too well. In the near future I’ll need to invest in some lockpicking tools. I’m not sure on what tools I’m going to pick up yet as I may order a set online or craft my own, from street cleaner bristles or a brick strap. Incidently, I hear a good book related to lockpicking is Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! which is about Feynman (a supposed brilliant man) and his tribulations of working at Los Alamos and cracking all the safes/filing cabinets/anything thats locked there as a hobby. My feeling on picking locks is that most of them probably can’t hold their own against a set of bolt cutters, a crow bar, or a sledge hammer but that lockpicking is so elegant a solution. And that’s why I want to learn the craft.
I found interesting news a few days ago on a couple people who were able to unlock Kryptonite bicycle U-locks with a ball point pen in seconds: Movie 1, Movie 2, Movie 3. This news quickly made its way around the internet and has since been picked up by major news outlets. In checking out Kryptonites website, they issued a press release today offering upgrades on all of their locks purchased since September 2002. Ouch!
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