Have you ever picked a lock?

[linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io]

@efi @eniko Off the hook? @alice probably has a shim for that.

(Oops, I originally posted "shin" instead of "shim" and am not certain whether it was a typo or autocorrect.)

[enigmatico@mk.absturztau.be]

@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place Yes, a lock with a code, my cousin taught me how when I was a kid. And then I tried with a small lock I had but it broke before I could pick it.

[efi@chitter.xyz]

@linuxandyarn @eniko @alice the shins shouldn't touch the floor imo

[mcslibinas@mastodon.social]

@eniko next to my work is abandoned facility. Nothing interesting at all, also i worked there many years ago, so just "hold my beer" moment. Those locks are so beaten that i used just random keys to unlock.

[spinach@girlcock.club]

@eniko i learned lockpicking for the sole purpose of not paying actual money for the laundry machines that were present in my apartment at the time lol

[linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io]

@efi @eniko @alice

[dianea@lgbtqia.space]

@eniko

I usually work night shift in my career, so picking locks is part of the routine. Yes, I have master keys, many different master keys, and can always walk over to security if I find another rouge lock that we need to open or remove. But picking/rekeying a lock, or general locksmithing is something that rapidly speeds up our workflow of entire departments if we "just do it now" and do it right, rather than waiting on a contractor. The process usually does keying the correct way, but we pick locks or big tools of destruction to send a reminder message when a door gets in the way.

Picking locks is a lot more elegant than taking a 2500 watt battery powered friction saw that will vaporize the metal in seconds from any hardened lock assembly. Or the oxy/acetylene torch, forklift, whatever, we have authorized root / all access to the building, we get shit done.

[xri@kolektiva.social]

@eniko does taking an iron bar and just forcing it until it breaks count as picking a lock?

If not i think it should

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@spinach lol nice

[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