Have you ever picked a lock?

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@xri i think that's more forcing than picking :P

[sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@eniko most locks in Finland are Abloy so lockpicking skills have limited use here.. ;)

[veviser@mastodon.social]

@eniko A combination lock that I forgot the code for which wasn't securing anything but it wasn't for practice.

[bretthaines@infosec.exchange]

@eniko I grew up in a small town with an abandoned military base. Once my friends and I found a locked filing cabinet so naturally we picked it, hoping to find some exciting classified documents or whatnot. Nothing so cool though, I don't even remember what was inside other than disappointment. So yeah that's the one time I picked a lock in the wild.

[aanee@mastodon.online]

@eniko Have you ever encountered door combination locks using touch screens? They're really practical. You never have to remember the PIN as the fat stains of peoples fingers are there to guide you every time. 👍

[otherdracula@mastodon.social]

@eniko I have a box of padlocks I practice on. I call it the lockbox.

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@eniko Actually, it does get us off the hook 🤭⁠🔓

[adriano@lile.cl]

@eniko I haven’t picked a lock. I have opened doors by sliding a plastic card in the lock, though.

My doors. I’d locked myself out.

[jef@mastodon.social]

@eniko Does slipping a latch count?

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@jef i don't think so >_>

[samerion@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@eniko The best I did was crack the 3 digit code on a lock in my dad's shed

[samerion@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@eniko The door was completely frozen however, so regardless, I did not manage to open it

[sergioedup@corteximplant.com]

@eniko picked/bypassed a couple of friends lockers after they lost the keys and picked my own garage gate lock because my key had gotten damaged somehow and wouldn't work. It can be a very useful skill to have even at a lower level like me.

[jef@mastodon.social]

@eniko I guess I agree - when I used to infiltrate buildings, I figured a latch-slipping tool would be less likely to get me arrested than actual lockpicks.

[apzpins@some.apz.fi]

@eniko Several arcade locks from games I bought with keys lost.

[jimfl@hachyderm.io]

@eniko A coworker gave me a lockpick and a practice lock. I eventually got really good at picking the practice lock, so I decided to try my hand at various locks in the office. One morning, with a bunch of my teammates watching, I tried picking a the lock on a manager’s office door, expecting to fail

Not only did I successfully pick the lock, but the lock core came out of the door as I withdrew the tools. I had picked the maintenance key setting. I managed to pick it again, and replace the lock core with a small crowd of people laughing at me

[richard@mastodon.art]

@eniko yes but it was my own door because i forgot my keys inside. i did not fully manage but learned a lot.