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#locksport #lockpicking
What use for lock picking is there, unless for trespassing or other nefarious things? (also leaving Houdini out of this lol), is this a hobby for some? @voltronic
hm! Ty, googling now… :) @Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @voltronic
mkay that didn’t yield the correct answer, I think. lol! @Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @voltronic
https://www.hackerone.com/knowledge-center/7-pentesting-tools-you-must-know-about
@Armchaircouch That's cybersecurity pentesting. There is also physical pentesting. Where the security is tested by other security. Basically see how hard it is to get in, what you can get access to, how long it takes them to catch you, etc. @voltronic
Very much a hobby and there are competitions around it too. Like any puzzle solving hobby really.
Oh ok that’s cool, ty! @Kurtroedeger
//@voltronic
It's a huge deal at Defcon in Vegas every year.
oh really! Interesting, @th3j35t3r @voltronic
ha! well, perhaps I took it for granted the two times a locksmith was able to pick the lock to get into my car. Very interesting! ty J, @th3j35t3r @voltronic
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Another way to look at Lockpicking is to look at it in a similar light as hacking.
The bad guys are doing it regardless. What better way to figure out how to protect yourself from them then than by having people trying to bust in and then teaching you how they did it and how to keep them from doing it again?
Crime and crime prevention are a never ending arms race. Better locks or security programs/codes beget better Lockpick/hacking techniques beget…
@Armchaircouch @th3j35t3r @voltronic
And around and around we go, where we’ll stop, nobody knows.
So yeah, non-criminal lockplicking (and hacking) is vital to helping lock/security program/etc engineers stay competitive against the criminals.
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