Here is the most adorable theft ever. A two-year-old toddler figured out how to use nail clippers to pick the lock on his eight-year-old sister's door so that he could steal a stuffed animal at night. His parents set up a baby camera to see the incredible "crime" go down. Read More >>
Featured comment by caniffis:
"when i was that age i wanted to see the cars out the front of our house but wasn't allowed and was kept in the back garden with a 6 foot wall and a ga..." More »
Earlier this year a team of researchers announced that it was possible to hack the keycard systems used in millions of hotel rooms using £40 worth of parts. Now a recent spate of hotel break-ins is being attributed to the attack. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jon D:
"I've checked all the hotel door locks I've come across since seeing this report, but havent come across one that even has a visible port on it yet
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If you're tired of digging out your house keys when you get home, take a look at this brilliant workaround by Piet De Vaere. He hacked his doorbell to listen for a secret sequence of button presses that automatically unlocked the gate in front of his house. As long as you've got a great memory, you can shed a few of the keys in your pocket. Read More >>
You don't fool around with home security. The front door locks automatically when you leave. And there's no way you'd be a big enough sucker to hide a spare key beneath the welcome mat. But what will you do if you lock yourself out? Smash your own window? Not a chance. Read More >>
Featured comment by paul bacon:
"UK locks seem to have loads of profiles, i brought a set of keys from specialkeys.co.uk, they worked a treat, great bump keys" More »
With less than £50 worth of parts and only a few seconds, millions of hotel room keycard locks around the world can be hacked and unlocked by robbers-cum-hackers trying to break into your room. The good news? The security flaw can be fixed. The bad news? No one wants to pay to fix them. Read More >>
Featured comment by PrinterElf:
"If I had a fiver for every time I've experienced the MoD getting a product or update and being unhappy with it because they've asked for a solution ra..." More »
This Master Lock dialSpeed ditches the old combination wheels of yore and flimsy directional joysticks of two years ago for something more techy: an electronic directional interface that's more like a d-pad than a lock. You can customise the code, create multiple unlock codes and if you've forgotten 'em all, use a master code. Read More >>