Over at the 23B hackerspace in Fullerton, CA, [Dano] had an interesting idea. He took a zip tie, and trimmed it to have the same profile of a lock pick. It worked. Not well, mind you, but it worked.

At a far flung, wind blown, outpost of Hackaday, we were watching a spy film with a bottle of suitably cheap Russian vodka when suddenly a blonde triple agent presented a fascinating looking gadget to ...

The open nature of the consumer 3D printing industry has made for a much more consumer-friendly world. This article continues a series that aims to illustrate some of the various problems associated ...

OPENING a suspect suitcase to search its contents usually means breaking the lock. So America’s Transportation Security Authority (TSA) asked manufacturers to create a special category of locks, which ...

Bump keys are primitive tools used by locksmiths (and HAXoRZ) to knock open simple locks. Until now, many locks were secure simply because they were too complex to be bumped and, as a result, you had ...

In spite of the many security policies it enforces, the TSA isn't really on top of its game when it comes to guarding its own secrets. Not long ago, a publication ran a story on TSA security measures ...

KEYS have been around for a long time. The earliest, made from wood, date back 4,000 years, to the ancient Egyptians. The Romans improved them a bit by making them from metal. But there, more or less, ...