Have you ever picked a lock?

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

Have you ever picked a lock?

edit: a practice lock is any lock that you were picking purely for practice which was not securing anything. a lock in the wild is a lock that was in place to actually secure something (love locks count)

[efi@chitter.xyz]

@eniko I will

[matildalove@wetdry.world]

@eniko

after my current ✨legal misunderstanding✨ is resolved i'm going to start learning

[sleepybisexual@mk.absturztau.be]

@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place wild lock. but it was one of those shitty toy locks on a kids diary so barely counts

[cygnathreadbare@retro.pizza]

@eniko yeah, a (really really cheap) safe I had some documents I needed for the next day and I couldn't find the key, time for practicing the thing I watch on youtube! So I guess it counts as a practice lock.

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@cygnathreadbare it was securing something so it's a lock in the wild

[snowfox@tech.lgbt]

@eniko The front door (from the inside). I don't have a lock vise and tiny luggage padlocks are awkward...

[smashtoday@discuss.smash.today]

@eniko
I get paid to pick locks in the wild. I'm essentially a professional burglar (locksmith), just call me Bilbo.

[cesarb@mastodon.social]

@eniko A coworker managed to lose the key to his office drawer inside the drawer itself (I don't remember how), so I tried to pick it and succeeded (it was a fluke, I never managed to do it again even though it's a very low quality lock).

That time the card reader on the office maglock malfunctioned and the backup control was inside the office was more interesting. I had to cut a wire to get in (I chose a red one for tradition), don't know if it counts as picking a lock or not.

[paco@infosec.exchange]

@eniko 100 years ago, @steggy was doing geology field research (ok, she’s not THAT old, but it was a long time ago). There were these sample stations in a state park and we were supposed to drive up an access road to get to them and collect some readings. The park officials knew all about this (it was in conjunction with the local university). They were supposed to leave the gate unlocked at the beginning of the access road. They didn’t.

So it was either a several mile hike on foot, leave and come back later, or I could just pick the master padlock on the gate. It’s a master padlock. C’mon. So, yeah, a few seconds later we had the gate open and we went and gathered the readings. Left the gate locked, just like we found it. This was ok because it was in the name of science! 😛

[shinnonoir@mastodon.social]

@eniko Does exploiting a weakness in a suitcase's combination lock count? (Reducing the complexity from trying 10^3 to 10*3 things to try.)

[carey@mastodon.nz]

@eniko not pin and tumbler locks, but I’ve successfully extracted the code from two different multiple-dial locks, one a Master padlock and one an official Xiaomi scooter lock. Just close your eyes, apply some pressure, and think really hard about what you’re feeling.

[grosskopfgames@mastodon.social]

@eniko In school I once used a ruler to open the lock on a window in the second floor because the teachers did not allow ventilation of those rooms in the summer.. not sure if that counts as "picking" as I'm unsure wether that counts as "securing" something if I can open it with a ruler :D

[fabiosantoscode@mastodon.social]

@eniko I tried on a padlock but failed miserably. Then I bought another and failed again lol.

[mdione@en.osm.town]

@eniko does finding the combination of a lock by feeling count? I have done this with lock around the house, including my father's briefcase.

[eldersea@expressional.social]

@eniko
I can pick one in the wild with my leather man screwdriver. It's an old one on family property but it is locking something up so it still counts.

[kanongil@hachyderm.io]

@eniko I once picked my front door lock using just a metal wire

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@mdione sure

[tris@chaos.social]

@eniko Nice try, cops xD

[brib@bribstodon.xyz]

@eniko

Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.

While talking to a colleague about lockpicking it came up that they have never picked a lock. Like, not even once in their childhood.

Another colleague listening in admitted they also have never picked a lock.

My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life picked a lock.

Have you picked a lock?

Please boost for scientific accuracy.