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Hotel Locks Defeated by Piece of Wire, Secured by Towel

Hotel rooms tend to have locks that use magnetic swipe cards—something reasonably high-tech and innately trusted. Bad news? A piece of bent wire can defeat these locks. Good news? A towel prevents such low-tech break-ins. The tool shown in the video isn’t just a plain piece of wire, instead it’s a special “government only” tool,…

Privacy & Security Rosa Golijan Feb 22

This Lockable USB Drive Concept Is Straight Out of a High School Nightmare

Even if this lockable USB drive concept is turned into a real product, I won’t be buying it. I barely mastered my locker’s combination lock by the time I graduated high school, why would I want to repeat that nightmare? Named after Mr. Gates, Bill’s USB is a clever concept and wonderful for security nuts…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 9

Shoot From The Hip With Brando’s Camera Belt Lock Holster

Just because you didn’t make it into the police force, it doesn’t mean you have to go through life with a naked belt. Strap Brando’s camera belt lock on for size, and feel the testosterone course through your veins. You can unlock it in just a second according to Brando, so that all-important kingfisher shot…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 8

Fridge Locker Secures Your Snacks From Crappy Roommates and Co-Workers

Tired of your lunch being stolen by your roommates and co-workers? Instead of hiding your snacks, get serious about security with the fridge locker. Essentially, it’s a polyurethane cage full of goodies that you store in the fridge and secure with a combination lock (included). Of course, there’s nothing preventing thieves from stealing the entire…

Privacy & Security Sean Fallon Nov 9

Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock

Hideouts can’t be protected with a simple lock and key, those jobs require passwords or secret knocks. For the latter, you can go the extra mile and build a knock detector using a few basic pieces of equipment. Steve Hoefer’s secret knock detector is little more than a piezo speaker, a tiny gear reduction motor,…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 3

Kwikset’s Connected Locks Feature Remote Locking, Email Notifications

Every city dweller has had that panicky moment of “Crap, did I leave the door unlocked this morning?” Kwikset’s new locks let you check to see if you did in fact forget, and then lock the door if you did. The locks allow remote status checks and changes, so anywhere you’ve got a secure internet…

Privacy & Security Dan Nosowitz Sep 12

Remock Lockey Opens Doors With Its Wireless Mojo

Wireless deadbolts have been on the market for a while now, but the new Remock Lockey seems like a decent solution for doors you want to secure inside a home. The remote controlled lock is placed on the inside of a room and can only be opened with a remote control “key.” It runs on…

Privacy & Security Sean Fallon Oct 7

Masterlock’s iCage Bike-Lock-Style Case Chains-Down Your iPod

An iPod case that doubles as a secure bicycle-lock-style chain for your iPod… I can’t work out if this is marketing madness or shrewd targeting of a small customer sector by Masterlock. I mean, you’d have to work in a very crappy office environment indeed if you felt the need to chain your iPod to…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Sep 8

Brightdoor: Well, the Door is Securely Locked, But I Haven’t Slept in Days

Remember those Brighthandle Alfa Door handles that would glow green or red depending on whether or not the door was locked? Yeah, that was a pretty clever idea—and clever ideas often don’t need much improving. It appears that the folks at Lervik Design don’t subscribe to that philosophy considering that they have “improved” upon the…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 5

Samsung Luce Lock is the iPhone of Doorware, Apparently

Fans of Jonathan Ive’s work may find the EZON SHS-5200 lock, aka Luce, from Samsung just a little bit crispy. Built to US standards, and with an emergency keyhole, this slimline digital door fastening has been hailed as being better-looking than the iPhone. Made of aluminum, its tempered-glass, touchscreen pad only lights up when you…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Apr 4

Kwikset Smartkey System is Unbumpable, Can Learn New Keys

The everyday front-door lock has had a bit of an overhaul with Kwikset’s Smartkey system. First, it’s designed to be unbumpable, so you can feel more secure when you leave your home unoccupied. What’s bumping, you ask, innocently? It’s a way for nefarious types to defeat the lock by quickly shoving in a trick key,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Mar 11

Bike Cuffs Bring Security, Kinkiness, to Your Cycle

Made of hardened, laminated steel, and based on the design for police-issue manacles, the bike cuff is all kinds of wonderful. You can lock up to three bikes at the same time, and the ring is big enough to secure to signposts to deter would-be tea-leaves. The heat-treated lock is pick-proof and there’s a hardened…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Mar 4

USB Security Lock Prevents People From Shoving Stuff Into Your Ports

We’re not sure who would really have a use for this other than paranoid sysadmins trying to lock down everyone’s computer, but this USB Security Lock inserts a USB stub into a port so nothing else can go in. Sure, it’s good for corporate security, but if you don’t trust your own family members enough…

Gadgets Jason Chen Sep 26

Touchscreen Samsung Door Lock Looks Better Than Most Cellphones

Although normal locks are fine for the 20th century, these Samsung touchscreen door locks show that you’re a man that doesn’t settle for last year’s technology. These locks, which come in black and silver for $180 (170,000 Won), have a Samsung cellphone-esque touchpad for easy number entry, plus aluminum alloy and tempered glass for that…

Gadgets Jason Chen Aug 29

Lock Pick Business Card: Sweet Form, Solid Function

We collect a LOT of business cards throughout the year, and while most of them are far from memorable, every now and then one stands out. But even of the few cool ones I’ve been handed, none of them are quite as awesome as this lock pick card, which is loaded up with fully functional…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Jun 2

Locking Wallet for Gambling Addicts

You know when you go to a casino, and you’re up up up up up?! And then you keep playing, until you’re so bust you can’t even afford a milkshake at some crappy Reno Diner? And then you make out with the 60-year old cougar waitress for her tip jar, just so you can afford…

Gadgets Brian Lam Dec 29

Wii Definitely Region Locked

Sorry to disappoint gamers who planned on importing Japanese games to play on their consoles, but Nintendo’s Wii is definitely region locked. It’s not enough to just take our word for it, so here’s a video of a guy trying out a US Zelda game in his Japanese machine. We haven’t seen choking this bad…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 7

How To Get Around Xbox 360’s Country Lock

This may be painfully obvious once you think about it, but for those who haven’t, here’s a way to get around the Xbox 360 country lock for downloadable content. Microsoft’s chosen to disable certain game demos and game videos for people of certain regions, but we want all our media to be free, don’t we?…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 25

Sequiam BioLock Forces Burglars to Break Your Window Instead

Yeah, this lock has a fingerprint-reading scanner tucked underneath, but we’re not sold on the idea that it’d deter a burglar from breaking into someone’s apartment. Nevertheless, the $249 lock can register up to 50 different digits and can be used on pretty much any door. It also comes with two back up keys. We’ll…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Oct 18

ADEL Biometric Keyless Door Lock

For only $199, you can outfit your front door with a biometric fingerprint-recognizing lock that will remember up to 100 prints and is constructed out of stainless steel and PCB sealed with epoxy. In addition to the fingerprints, you can also get in via PIN number or mechanical key, which we guess is a fail-safe…

Gadgets Jason Chen Oct 2

Hotel Locks Defeated by Piece of Wire, Secured by Towel

This Lockable USB Drive Concept Is Straight Out of a High School Nightmare

Shoot From The Hip With Brando’s Camera Belt Lock Holster

Fridge Locker Secures Your Snacks From Crappy Roommates and Co-Workers

Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock

Kwikset’s Connected Locks Feature Remote Locking, Email Notifications

Remock Lockey Opens Doors With Its Wireless Mojo

Masterlock’s iCage Bike-Lock-Style Case Chains-Down Your iPod

Brightdoor: Well, the Door is Securely Locked, But I Haven’t Slept in Days

Samsung Luce Lock is the iPhone of Doorware, Apparently

Kwikset Smartkey System is Unbumpable, Can Learn New Keys

Bike Cuffs Bring Security, Kinkiness, to Your Cycle

USB Security Lock Prevents People From Shoving Stuff Into Your Ports

Touchscreen Samsung Door Lock Looks Better Than Most Cellphones

Lock Pick Business Card: Sweet Form, Solid Function

Locking Wallet for Gambling Addicts

Wii Definitely Region Locked

How To Get Around Xbox 360’s Country Lock

Sequiam BioLock Forces Burglars to Break Your Window Instead

ADEL Biometric Keyless Door Lock

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