MIT Guide to Lock Picking
The big secret of lock picking is that it's easy. Anyone can learn how to pick locks. The theory of lock picking is the theory of exploiting mechanical defects. There are a few basic concepts and de nitions but the bulk of the material consists of tricks for opening locks with particular defects or characteristics. The organization of this manual re ects this structure. The rst few chapters present the vocabulary and basic information about locks and lock picking. There is no way to learn lock picking without practicing, so one chapter presents a set of carefully chosen exercises that will help you learn the skills of lock picking. The document ends with a catalog of the mechanical traits and defects found in locks and the techniques used to recognize and exploit them. The rst appendix describes how to make lock picking tools. The other appendix presents some of the legal issues of lock picking. The exercises are important. The only way to learn how to recognize and exploit the defects in a lock is to practice. This means practicing many times on the same lock as well as practicing on many di erent locks. Anyone can l...
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