This video of a new (?) lock-picking tool for the internally cut keys that first appeared on Volkswagens is making the rounds, and since I know as much about lock-picking as animal husbandry, someone ...

The innovation that makes the Bowley Lock so secure, its creators claim, is a design approach that existed decades ago, before metal keys could be easily reproduced. Inside the Bowley is a spinning ...

In between writing for Hackaday, most of us (if not all of us) like to design projects on our own, creating whatever might come to mind. I, for instance, enjoy experimenting with lock picking ...

If the movies and TV are to be believed, picking a conventional lock is as easy as sticking a tool into a keyhole, thoughtfully moving it around for a few seconds, then pulling the door open with a ...

A note to Dutch innkeepers: If you are going to host a convention of lock pickers, and you promise them free Wi-Fi, it is probably a futile gesture to then require ...

Once a month a group of amateur lock pickers get together at Houston bar to pick locks. It might sound like an odd or even criminal hobby, but for the members of the group it’s a way to exercise ...