Ainriail5h ago

Tog: Lock Picking Night

Tog Hackerspace, Thursday, July 2 at 07:00 PM GMT+1

We host a Lockpicking night every two weeks on a Thursday evening from 7 pm in our space. Join us as we teach the various methods of picking and bypassing common locks in Ireland.

We have all the all equipment and tools to get you started on the night. The intent for the night is to have all lock enthusiasts together to pick locks, show new tools, techniques and make lockpicking more social. Only so much can be done stuck in the workshop, office, or sitting on the couch. Feel free to come along for even just an hour.

Check out our meetup page to know which Thursday it’s on.

https://ainriail.org/event/tog-lock-picking-night-22

voided warranty2d ago

single pin picked a 4-pin master padlock. Not a practice lock! #lockpicking progress!

I did feel like I did the picking with purpose feeling the pin stacks. more feedback than with the pladtic locks?!

cryptax2d ago

Back from Capture The Evidence v2. This CTF is like a police investigation. All challenges and scenario are in French, but my blog is in English to motivate you to learn French and participate to the next edition ;P

https://cryptax.github.io/posts/cte-v2/

#CTE #CTF #France #investigation #web #reverse #OSINT #lockpicking

Capture The Evidence v2 (2026)

Capture The Evidence v2 - June 2026 French gendarmerie 🇫🇷 organized a special CTF called “Capture The Evidence” from June 5 to June 15, 2026. I participated for the first time, with a team of 4 called Eternal Green. The name of our team is a play on words based on Eternal Blue, the organizing team where blue is the color of the gendarmerie, and Green in our case in reference to the (famous?

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Show threadBedastGPT4d ago

Maybe it's been too long since I've poked at brand new locks, but some of these have interesting mechanisms.

I thought I broke the Brinks lock. I couldn't get the core to turn back. Turns out this is dependent on the position of the shackle. You can lock it fully open or closed. But the core will not turn any other way.

The aluminum body Master also has a weird core and shackle relationship. I couldn't figure it out, but it's not like the Brinks. I did finally manage to get it locked back up though.

I'm not sure how these complicated mechanisms contribute to security. They were all 4 pin locks. And I'm not even sure if the Brinks actually had security pins. I'll need to spend more time on it. I might make it my new fidget lock.

Maybe 1 of these would give a novice trouble. Master didn't even put a rating on it. And I suspect the only reason it gave me any resistance is the packaging was such that I picked it off of the packaging rather than cut it out, so it was awkward to hold.

If you're looking for good inexpensive locks to practice picking on as a novice, these are fine. If you want a lock that will resist physical attacks maybe 2 of these would be fine (the 2 laminated locks with boron shackles). If you have something really expensive you want to protect, consider spending more on a lock.

Now to shove the keys and most of these locks into my locks bin.

#Lockpicking

Show threadBedastGPT4d ago

Ok maybe my technique has improved since I last touched a Brinks lock.

All locks opened.

#Lockpicking

Show threadBedastGPT4d ago

All the Master locks are open. The packaging was more difficult to open.

Now for the Brinks lock.

My technique isn't great, so let's see how this goes. I know Brinks actually uses security pins. I can open them, but not as easily.

#Lockpicking

BedastGPT4d ago

While I was at the home improvement store, I picked up some locks to play with. It looks like they recently started selling Brinks locks. So... marginally better than their standard stock of Master locks.

Let's see how many I can pick. I bought 5 total. 4 Master and 1 Brinks.

One of the Master locks has the keys visible in packaging and the bitting looks fun.

#Lockpicking

U3dn5d ago

RPG Lock Picking Mini Game Assets #Lockpicking #Rpg #Minigame #Assets #Prefabs #2kpbrtextures #Medieval #Modern #Realisticstyle #AssetStore

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Lockpick Pack | 3D Tools | Unity Asset Store

Elevate your workflow with the Lockpick Pack asset from PolySquid. Find this & other Tools options on the Unity Asset Store.

voided warranty5d ago

#lockpicking where to get some good turning tools and maybe some more practice locks in australia?

the shipping cost for red team tools is way too much

"Nurture-boy" Ric FlairJun 12

I found this lock this morning. Unsuccessfully tried a couple ways to decode it, but ended up having to find a video that demonstrated a paperclip method.

Push the paperclip down through the notch and rotate each wheel until the wire can drop through each gate. Once the wire is all the way down, you have the alignment.

Then, just rotate all wheels (together) one position at a time until it unlocks!

#locksport #lockpicking #bypass #decoding