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A new challenge for a 'hobby' --- lock picking

by Angeline Booher May 2, 2005 12:27AM PDT

May 2, 2005 -- For more than 4,000 years humans have used locks to secure some of their most private places and prized possessions. And for just as long, other humans have been trying to find ways around them.
Now, videogamers, hackers and others who just enjoy a good challenge, are coming out of the woodwork ? or hiding in it ? and adopting lock picking as their new hobby of choice.

Though some fear the hobby amounts to nothing more than burglary training, lock pickers claim they're not out to hurt anyone and may even help the public by exposing flaws in commonly used locks and other physical security devices.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=688464&page=1

I recall computer hackers saying that THEY did it to expose security flaws therein.

Angeline

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i remember my best friend jeff

by Mark5019 May 2, 2005 2:47AM PDT

he lived in nj and when i was 19/20 home on leave he had finished a lock smith course, our mutual friend paid big bucks for a new "secure" door lock well jef and i went over there early and in 1 min he picked the lock he then locked himself in and waited for our friend to show up and the look on his face when he opened the door to see jeff siting at his desk was worth it