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Lock pick Friday!

posted by Jasonin The Basics, TrainingComments (3)

There’s a holiday weekend on the horizon here in the U.S. and everyone is going to be chomping at the bit to GTFOOD and hit the swimming pools and BBQ’s so I’m keeping it light today because I’m one of those people. Below are a bunch of videos on some of the basics on locks you can get into with regular household items. I couldn’t believe how easy some of these are to do. If you’ve never seen anything like this before your illusion of security is about to be shattered. I learned some of these techniques and had them pretty well down inside of an hour and so can you. These are all found on YouTube but we’ll be posting some original videos of more advanced lock picking in the near future.

How to open a Combination Masterlock


How to open a Masterlock #5 padlock

Kryptonite lock opened with a pen (Classic!)

D-lock pick with biro pen end

Break the kensington lock

Comments (3 Responses)

Marc, says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:58 pm

wow, shattered illusions of security indeed. Great post and info.

BWJones, says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:57 pm

Shatter the illusion of integrity…

When I was a kid, we had a neighbor who locked her dog in a shed by accident… she could not find the key, so I shimmed the lock and she immediately called me a juvenile delinquent. Honestly… she was horrified that I could pick that lock so easily, never mind that I rescued her dog on a 103 degree day.

Hey, because you know…, if you know how to do these things, you must be a criminal :-/

Jason, says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 pm

Hackers are always persecuted. It’s a joke. You should have taken the dog out and locked her in…

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