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Practical Lock Picking
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Practical Lock Picking

by Deviant Ollam
September 2010
Beginner to intermediate
256 pages
7h 13m
English
Syngress
Content preview from Practical Lock Picking
Chapter 5. Quick-entry tricks
Shimming, bumping, and bypassing
Information in this chapter
• Padlock shims
• Snapping and bumping
• Comb picks
• American Lock bypass tool
• Door bypassing
Purists in the world of lockpicking consider the act of using covert entry tools with finesse as the only “proper” way to open a lock without using a key. When competitions are held (and they are, many times per year, in fact…it's quite a sight to behold, seeing people feverishly and rapidly opening all sorts of high-security locks in record time), lifting picks, raking picks, and tension tools are just about the only items you see contestants using.
However, in the world of penetration testing, one is not limited exclusively to the use of “sport legal” tools. Whatever ...
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ISBN: 9781597496124