Every time manufacturers bring a new “unpickable” lock to market, amateur and professional locksmiths descend on the new product to prove them wrong. [Shane] from [Stuff Made Here] decided to try his ...

Even though the very concept of an ‘unpickable lock’ is as plausible as making water not be wet, this doesn’t take away from the intellectual thrill of devising solutions to picking attacks and ...

A custom locking mechanism looks simple from the outside, but the hidden engineering makes it far more difficult to bypass. As the internal parts shift during testing, the design starts working ...

“Look on my works, ye burglars, and despair.” These were the words used to describe the locks of Jeremiah Chubb, an iron worker in 19th-century London who was renowned for his Detector, a security ...

A YouTube video of a mysterious bike lock has gone viral over the past 48 hours, garnering over 470,000 hits. In the video, 'LockMan28' demonstrates the Forever Lock, which aims to prevent thieves ...

Computer security is a hot topic. Ask Barclays. Or Halifax. Or Egg. Or any other financial institution which has recently discovered the hazards of online banking. Most such institutions probably ...