#locksport — Public Fediverse posts
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Hanging out with my girlfriend, making locksport challenge boxes for the upcoming conference next week 😁
6 padlocked doors, 6 prize-filled compartments.
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Hanging out with my girlfriend, making locksport challenge boxes for the upcoming conference next week 😁
6 padlocked doors, 6 prize-filled compartments.
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I haven't figured out how to set a new combo on this antique lock yet, but at least it was easy to decode 😋
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I haven't figured out how to set a new combo on this antique lock yet, but at least it was easy to decode 😋
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I had to make a tool out of spare bits to pick this ancient disc-tumbler lock!
Yes, I tried the vibrator first, but it wasn't having any of it.
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I had to make a tool out of spare bits to pick this ancient disc-tumbler lock!
Yes, I tried the vibrator first, but it wasn't having any of it.
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Found this awesome Sargent solid brass 4-lever pancake push-key lock at the vintage hardware store.
Probably dates to circa 1895-1910.
Fun fact: the shackle spring is so strong that it holds some of the levers in place when you set them, hence I only had to poke it a couple times to set them all and pop it.
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Found this awesome Sargent solid brass 4-lever pancake push-key lock at the vintage hardware store.
Probably dates to circa 1895-1910.
Fun fact: the shackle spring is so strong that it holds some of the levers in place when you set them, hence I only had to poke it a couple times to set them all and pop it.
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Lockpicking Lawyer: *posts a video about getting into his wife's furry fanny*
Me: Hold my "Easy Entry" lock lube...
The lock: 😳
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For those interested: this is the "Dinner Jacket" jiggler from Red Team Tools, being pounded by the "Lapis" two-way dildo from Lovense, with smooth insertion (into a tight keyway) provided by "Easy Entry" Teflon lock lube.
#AlicePics #RedTeamTools #AprilFools #Locksport #Teledildonics #AccessibilityIsHotAF #AltText
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Lockpicking Lawyer: *posts a video about getting into his wife's furry fanny*
Me: Hold my "Easy Entry" lock lube...
The lock: 😳
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For those interested: this is the "Dinner Jacket" jiggler from Red Team Tools, being pounded by the "Lapis" two-way dildo from Lovense, with smooth insertion (into a tight keyway) provided by "Easy Entry" Teflon lock lube.
#AlicePics #RedTeamTools #AprilFools #Locksport #Teledildonics #AccessibilityIsHotAF #AltText
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They told me Jesus would open doors, but I decided to try him on smaller padlocks first.
(some Christian organization sent out bulk Jesus ads that contained little metal crosses, so I decided to make a holy jiggler)
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They told me Jesus would open doors, but I decided to try him on smaller padlocks first.
(some Christian organization sent out bulk Jesus ads that contained little metal crosses, so I decided to make a holy jiggler)
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@lowqualityfacts here's the third. I almost gave up, but decided to keep trying with the remaining bits of the first noodle.
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@lowqualityfacts here's the third. I almost gave up, but decided to keep trying with the remaining bits of the first noodle.
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It's true!
In (low quality) fact, a single uncooked spaghetti noodle is good for up to three locks!
@lowqualityfacts https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts/116310533771748568
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It's true!
In (low quality) fact, a single uncooked spaghetti noodle is good for up to three locks!
@lowqualityfacts https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts/116310533771748568
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Just got my new care package from #RedTeamTools!
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Just got my new care package from #RedTeamTools!
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49 more love locks yesterday!
Which means over 500 in my collection now!
Which means over half way to the goal!
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InB4 "Why do you steal love locks?"
1. The city considers them graffiti and abandoned property.
2. They cause damage to structures.
3. They rust away and become a hazard.
4. The city destroys them.
5. They're my friends, and I love them.
6. They're all going into a big museum art installation as a celebration of love and locksport.
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49 more love locks yesterday!
Which means over 500 in my collection now!
Which means over half way to the goal!
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InB4 "Why do you steal love locks?"
1. The city considers them graffiti and abandoned property.
2. They cause damage to structures.
3. They rust away and become a hazard.
4. The city destroys them.
5. They're my friends, and I love them.
6. They're all going into a big museum art installation as a celebration of love and locksport.
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#LearnLockpickingWithAlice lesson 11 (part two): DIY padlock shims!
Who wants to spend a $5 on fancy padlock shims, when you can make shitty ones for the price of a soda can (and maybe a finger or two)?
Today, I'm going to teach y'all how to turn a soda can into like 6 disposable padlock shims.
⚠️ Soda cans are razor sharp on the cut edges, please be careful; your fingers will thank you 🫶
1. To start, get yourself an empty can of soda, beer, energy drink, etc.
2. Using some scissors you don't care about, cut the top and bottom off along the bevel. You should now have a tube that is open at both ends.
3. Cut the tube down one side and flatten it out into a rectangle, then cut it into 2.5" x 1" strips.
4. Take a strip and (with a marker) divide it into a 4x4 grid.
5. Then cut an "M" shape out of the bottom half of the 2.5" x 1" rectangle.
6. Fold the top ¼ of the rectangle down.
7. Fold the legs of the "M" up and over the top on each side.
8. Shape the shim around a lock shackle.
9. Shim something.
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#LearnLockpickingWithAlice lesson 11 (part two): DIY padlock shims!
Who wants to spend a $5 on fancy padlock shims, when you can make shitty ones for the price of a soda can (and maybe a finger or two)?
Today, I'm going to teach y'all how to turn a soda can into like 6 disposable padlock shims.
⚠️ Soda cans are razor sharp on the cut edges, please be careful; your fingers will thank you 🫶
1. To start, get yourself an empty can of soda, beer, energy drink, etc.
2. Using some scissors you don't care about, cut the top and bottom off along the bevel. You should now have a tube that is open at both ends.
3. Cut the tube down one side and flatten it out into a rectangle, then cut it into 2.5" x 1" strips.
4. Take a strip and (with a marker) divide it into a 4x4 grid.
5. Then cut an "M" shape out of the bottom half of the 2.5" x 1" rectangle.
6. Fold the top ¼ of the rectangle down.
7. Fold the legs of the "M" up and over the top on each side.
8. Shape the shim around a lock shackle.
9. Shim something.
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#LearnLockpickingWithAlice lesson 11: Shimming shit ('cause ain't nobody got time for dial locks).
Plenty of old or cheap locks can be shimmed, but the place this technique shines most is with those front-dial combination locks. Sure, you can look up the model number, find some arcane YouTube video, and spend 30 minutes decoding it (both the video *and* the lock)...
...or you can do a little shimming fuckery and have it open in seconds.
To shim a lock, you'll need two things: a shimmable lock, and something to shim it with.
So how do I tell if a lock is able to be shimmed? Well, there are three main types of locking mechanisms on padlocks: ballbearing, spring-loaded, and warded (which you can see an example of in lesson 10). We want the spring-loaded kind.
The easy way to tell the spring-loaded ones from the ballbearing is that the cutouts in the shackle will look like either an upside-down "7" or a "]" for the pawl, instead of a ")" which indicates a ball-bearing lock. This matters because if the only thing keeping the locking pawl (that little metal bit that grabs the shackle's cutout) in place is a stiff spring, then the only thing between us and opening the lock is reaching it.
How do we reach that pawl? With a little piece of metal called a padlock shim. They look like a little mouth with a blep 👅 at the bottom—and like A Christmas Story, we want to get it right up against that pole.
How to shim a padlock:
- Insert the shim with the tongue facing away from the mechanism (toward the outside).
- Pinch the wings so it hugs the shackle.
- Push it down as far as it will go.
- Rotate/work it toward the inside of the lock while keeping pressure on it.
- Wiggle and press down on the shackle a bit to help it slide in.Once it’s in:
- Hold the shim in place.
- Give the shackle a firm yank—and probably send your shim flying."Wtf, Alice, it didn't work?! How could you lie to me?"
Okay, slow down. There are a few reasons for that.
First, the mechanism might be on the other side of the shackle—or even on both sides.
If it's still not working, the shim either isn’t deep enough, isn’t long enough, or the lock isn’t spring-loaded.
Additionally, some locks are *technically* shimmable, but the clearance around the shackle is too narrow to fit a shim in. In this case, a thinner shim, or a narrow pokey piece of metal might still work.
Finally, this lesson wouldn't be complete without mentioning that padlock shims are a disposable resource. They *will* break—sometimes after only a couple uses. If you're lucky, they'll last for dozens of attempts though.
Which leads me to my friend, @deviantollam, who is well-known for making shims out of soda or beer cans. These shims are fragile, but they'll work in a pinch and only take a moment to make. If you're good, you can even tear a can into a close enough shape for the job—just be careful, those fuckers are *sharp*.
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#LearnLockpickingWithAlice lesson 11: Shimming shit ('cause ain't nobody got time for dial locks).
Plenty of old or cheap locks can be shimmed, but the place this technique shines most is with those front-dial combination locks. Sure, you can look up the model number, find some arcane YouTube video, and spend 30 minutes decoding it (both the video *and* the lock)...
...or you can do a little shimming fuckery and have it open in seconds.
To shim a lock, you'll need two things: a shimmable lock, and something to shim it with.
So how do I tell if a lock is able to be shimmed? Well, there are three main types of locking mechanisms on padlocks: ballbearing, spring-loaded, and warded (which you can see an example of in lesson 10). We want the spring-loaded kind.
The easy way to tell the spring-loaded ones from the ballbearing is that the cutouts in the shackle will look like either an upside-down "7" or a "]" for the pawl, instead of a ")" which indicates a ball-bearing lock. This matters because if the only thing keeping the locking pawl (that little metal bit that grabs the shackle's cutout) in place is a stiff spring, then the only thing between us and opening the lock is reaching it.
How do we reach that pawl? With a little piece of metal called a padlock shim. They look like a little mouth with a blep 👅 at the bottom—and like A Christmas Story, we want to get it right up against that pole.
How to shim a padlock:
- Insert the shim with the tongue facing away from the mechanism (toward the outside).
- Pinch the wings so it hugs the shackle.
- Push it down as far as it will go.
- Rotate/work it toward the inside of the lock while keeping pressure on it.
- Wiggle and press down on the shackle a bit to help it slide in.Once it’s in:
- Hold the shim in place.
- Give the shackle a firm yank—and probably send your shim flying."Wtf, Alice, it didn't work?! How could you lie to me?"
Okay, slow down. There are a few reasons for that.
First, the mechanism might be on the other side of the shackle—or even on both sides.
If it's still not working, the shim either isn’t deep enough, isn’t long enough, or the lock isn’t spring-loaded.
Additionally, some locks are *technically* shimmable, but the clearance around the shackle is too narrow to fit a shim in. In this case, a thinner shim, or a narrow pokey piece of metal might still work.
Finally, this lesson wouldn't be complete without mentioning that padlock shims are a disposable resource. They *will* break—sometimes after only a couple uses. If you're lucky, they'll last for dozens of attempts though.
Which leads me to my friend, @deviantollam, who is well-known for making shims out of soda or beer cans. These shims are fragile, but they'll work in a pinch and only take a moment to make. If you're good, you can even tear a can into a close enough shape for the job—just be careful, those fuckers are *sharp*.
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Here are two prototypes for the "Kid Sister" aka "Brat" set.
The first image is one of the "Little Jigglers¹". The big pile is all the tiny locks it opened within a few seconds, and the small pile is the ones it didn't. The 2nd little jiggler in the set will have a different bitting and probably be about 0.5mm taller, because the locks the first one didn't work on were the ones with slightly bigger keyways, and some of the TSA007 locks.
The second image is the "Petite Hooker¹" and turning tool. Both slender enough to work in almost any small lock, but still capable of opening anything a full-sized pick can.
The final designs will have cute cutouts in the handles to make them lighter, easier to grip, and to guide new pickers as to where to hold them.
¹ I don't know if I can bring myself to name them like this, but I thought Fedi would get a laugh out of it.
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Here are two prototypes for the "Kid Sister" aka "Brat" set.
The first image is one of the "Little Jigglers¹". The big pile is all the tiny locks it opened within a few seconds, and the small pile is the ones it didn't. The 2nd little jiggler in the set will have a different bitting and probably be about 0.5mm taller, because the locks the first one didn't work on were the ones with slightly bigger keyways, and some of the TSA007 locks.
The second image is the "Petite Hooker¹" and turning tool. Both slender enough to work in almost any small lock, but still capable of opening anything a full-sized pick can.
The final designs will have cute cutouts in the handles to make them lighter, easier to grip, and to guide new pickers as to where to hold them.
¹ I don't know if I can bring myself to name them like this, but I thought Fedi would get a laugh out of it.
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Hey y'all! I made something again! It's a timer app for locksport speed-picking practice. It has several options, stupid sound effects, and an easy interface (just mash space or any other key to record success/failure on each lock).
Feel free to test it out (I wrote it for Linux. I think it'll work on Mac/Win, but who knows?)
It's permissively licensed unless you're a corporation, AI, or fascist—in which case, fuck you, eat worms :neodog_blep:
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Hey y'all! I made something again! It's a timer app for locksport speed-picking practice. It has several options, stupid sound effects, and an easy interface (just mash space or any other key to record success/failure on each lock).
Feel free to test it out (I wrote it for Linux. I think it'll work on Mac/Win, but who knows?)
It's permissively licensed unless you're a corporation, AI, or fascist—in which case, fuck you, eat worms :neodog_blep:
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Here's the individual lock times from the app.
A little info about the app: "skips" being -1 means that there are infinite skips (as in I don't get penalized for setting a lock down and coming back to it). The "per lock time" is set to 0, which disables it. If set to a positive number, then I would have that many seconds for each lock before it counted as a failure.
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Here's the individual lock times from the app.
A little info about the app: "skips" being -1 means that there are infinite skips (as in I don't get penalized for setting a lock down and coming back to it). The "per lock time" is set to 0, which disables it. If set to a positive number, then I would have that many seconds for each lock before it counted as a failure.
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I set out to try my speed-picking tournament software I wrote a couple days ago. The goal? 20 different locks picked in under 10 minutes 😯
So, here's a video of me picking 20 locks in 5:47 😋
Plus another 9 in in 1:19 as a victory lap 😘
Aside from the locks in the victory lap, there were no more than 2 of each model of lock. 8 locks had security pins (BEST, Ace, Brinks, and some of the Masters), 2 had tubular cores (Kryptonite, American), two were warded locks, and the rest were standard.
Thanks again to #RedTeamTools and @deviantollam for some of the tools I used for this challenge (the tubular pick, warded pick, and one of the turning tools from RTT's starter set).
I'll attach the screenshot of the software with the lock times in a reply.
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I set out to try my speed-picking tournament software I wrote a couple days ago. The goal? 20 different locks picked in under 10 minutes 😯
So, here's a video of me picking 20 locks in 5:47 😋
Plus another 9 in in 1:19 as a victory lap 😘
Aside from the locks in the victory lap, there were no more than 2 of each model of lock. 8 locks had security pins (BEST, Ace, Brinks, and some of the Masters), 2 had tubular cores (Kryptonite, American), two were warded locks, and the rest were standard.
Thanks again to #RedTeamTools and @deviantollam for some of the tools I used for this challenge (the tubular pick, warded pick, and one of the turning tools from RTT's starter set).
I'll attach the screenshot of the software with the lock times in a reply.
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For those who know something about locks, here's a Primus picked to operating position. :gay_alice_shades:
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For those who know something about locks, here's a Primus picked to operating position. :gay_alice_shades:
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For those who know something about locks, here's a Primus picked to operating position. :gay_alice_shades:
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For those who know something about locks, here's a Primus picked to operating position. :gay_alice_shades:
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For those who know something about locks, here's a Primus picked to operating position. :gay_alice_shades:
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The lock that won me free drinks at the bar.
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The lock that won me free drinks at the bar.
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The lock that won me free drinks at the bar.
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The lock that won me free drinks at the bar.
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The lock that won me free drinks at the bar.
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Corbin Russwin LFIC high-security lock, picked to control.
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Corbin Russwin LFIC high-security lock, picked to control.
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Corbin Russwin LFIC high-security lock, picked to control.
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Corbin Russwin LFIC high-security lock, picked to control.
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Corbin Russwin LFIC high-security lock, picked to control.
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🚀💻 Join us tomorrow, Sept 10th, 6:30PM Eastern for Crack the Locks. RSVP - https://www.meetup.com/spacecoastsec/events/309726384 #cybersecurity #buildingcommunity #spacecoast #physicalsecurity #locksport #lockpicking 💻🚀
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🚀💻 Join us tomorrow, Sept 10th, 6:30PM Eastern for Crack the Locks. RSVP - https://www.meetup.com/spacecoastsec/events/309726384 #cybersecurity #buildingcommunity #spacecoast #physicalsecurity #locksport #lockpicking 💻🚀
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🚀💻 Join us tomorrow, Sept 10th, 6:30PM Eastern for Crack the Locks. RSVP - https://www.meetup.com/spacecoastsec/events/309726384 #cybersecurity #buildingcommunity #spacecoast #physicalsecurity #locksport #lockpicking 💻🚀