Have you ever picked a lock?

[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.