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mouser:
From Wired.com article, with videos, on master lock picker Marc Weber Tobias:

The problem, if you're a safe company or a lock maker, is that Tobias makes it all public through hacker confabs, posts on his Security.org site, and tech blogs like Engadget. He views this glasnost as a public service. Others see a hacker how-to that makes The Anarchist Cookbook read like Betty Crocker. And where Tobias sees a splendid expression of First Amendment rights, locksmiths and security companies see a criminal finishing school. Tobias isn't just exposing problems, they say. He is the problem.
But forget bike locks and hotel room safes: These days, Tobias is attacking the lock famous for protecting places like military installations and the homes of American presidents and British royals.

Between stabs at his salad, Tobias hands me his latest idea of fun: nearly 300 pages of self-published hacker-porn detailing his attack on the allegedly uncrackable Medeco high-security lock. "Trust me, this will cause a goddamned riot!" he says, dabbing at tears of joy with a paper napkin. "Oh yeah, this is way, way bigger than the liquid explosives thing!" And he's right, it is bigger--and with way, way bigger consequences.

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http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-06/ff_keymaster?currentPage=all





from http://www.boingboing.net/

40hz:
Love it! I've followed Tobias' antics over the years, but this one beats all.

And it also looks like the cat is really out of the bag big time. This is what you'll get if you try to access his website www.security.org in the wake of the Wired article.



I'm sure the security professionals are up to their ears in client phone calls by now.

Much as he rankles many people, his contention that a false sense of security is as dangerous - or more dangerous - than not having any security at all is a hard point to argue against. And any security system that depends on ignorance for its effectiveness is a flawed solution.

Tobias serves up a bitter pill to swallow. But it's good medicine just the same.

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cranioscopical:
it's good medicine just the same-40hz (June 01, 2009, 01:17 PM)
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Better take a tumbler full and lubricate the teeth!

Edvard:
it's good medicine just the same-40hz (June 01, 2009, 01:17 PM)
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Better take a tumbler full and lubricate the teeth!

-cranioscopical (June 01, 2009, 01:30 PM)
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That's quite a combination.

Stoic Joker:
There is no reason to build a better mouse trap...until the mouse wins ... Tobias is an 800lb Mouse.

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