Lockpicking - by Deviant Ollam
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Press & Articles
Here's a small archive of articles i've written or news videos in which i've appeared, etc. Sorry it's so sparsely-populated. I'm not much for public relations and getting press attention!
This Tech Makes D.I.Y. Key Duplication Easy. Maybe Too Easy. The New York Times interviewed me about new services that are cropping up, aimed at making it easier for consumers to digitally store and retrieve copies of their keys, RFID badges, etc. |
A Super Simple Handcuff Shim that Anyone Can Make Handcuffs are fun part of the hacker culture. While a number of commercial tools exist to help you open them, one of the best solutions i've found is something you can make yourself at almost zero cost. Here's how! |
The
Fundamentals of Physical Security When the Net Security folk interviewed me at Black Hat i told my "American Lock Fable" and uploaded these slides which accompany it. The video of my interview can be found here. |
CBS
News Report on Bump Keying I was intervied on the news by the Philadelphia CBS affiliate when the issue of Bump Keys started making headlines. |
Beer
Can Padlock Shim Surbo asked me to create a step-by-step summary of the "beer can padlock shim" that i designed. The process of this hack can also be viewed in the video here. |
The
Lock Busters They've never met a padlock -- or six-pin paracentric cylinder -- they couldn't crack. Live, from the lock-picking championship of the world. |