Lockpick Extreme is very happy to be hosting a Lockpicking Basics workshop as part of WISP’s (Women in Security and Privacy) “DEF CON 25 Prep Series.” This workshop that will take place on June 27th from 6-9pm in San Francisco– But register soon! Space is limited! Click Here to Register! […]
Hello, Pickers and Makers! We’re excited to be announcing that Lockpick Extreme will be at the 2017 Maker Faire held in the California Bay Area! Those of us on Team LockEx are all Maker Faire veterans and we are truly excited to be able to bring Lockpick Extreme to this one-of-a-kind […]
Down below is a video I made with my son, Caleb. Caleb’s 4 years old now– one month away from being 5. He’s seen both his Mom and Dad work on locks before and has always shown an interest in what we’re doing. In this video, it’s only the second […]
Once you’ve been introduced to the idea of lockpicking, hopefully, you’ve also learned about the Golden Rules of Lockpicking. (If you’re not familiar with them, check out our post on them! Also, check out our other blog post, “Is Lockpicking Legal?”) If you do recall the two Golden Rules of […]
We’ve all seen it in movies… The moment a credit card is taken and used to bypass a door. While it’s a lot of people’s gut response to say that it’s just movie magic and assume that sort of thing doesn’t work in real life, the reality is that it can. […]
One of the founding principals of Locksport is educating the public about security. Usually this is physical security, but today I want to discuss public health. I saw a post Friday from a California Health care company that displayed a profound ignorance of the risks of lead exposure in keys. […]
This video describes the inner workings of modern-day handcuffs. It also shows several ways to open them without a key including, shimming with a handcuff shim, shimming with a bobby pin, and shimming with Lockpick Extreme’s hidden handcuff shim earrings.
Whether you are all gung-ho about using your very first pick set, or you’re just doing some casual research on the idea of lockpicking, it’s important to know and exercise the Golden Rules of Lockpicking. These rules are a common topic of discussion among lockpickers. If you’ve been to any […]
Below we have a video that is going to share with you the basics of how a lock work and the theory on how lockpicking works. This video also gives you an overview of LockEx’s two different lockpicking sets we have available:
If you follow our blog, you might have seen our post, “Lockpicking Ravens – ‘5 Minutes of Fame’ Talk at Noisebridge.” This footage are clips taken over the course of a year and shows how the birds have progressed and learned increasingly difficult skills. Some of the problems they have […]
