02-10, 15:00–16:00 (Europe/Amsterdam), Pub
There are people among our community that decide to write a book and some of those decide to write a book about locksport. What is that you say? Well ask them all about it in this session! And you can buy one too because the book gets released days before HackerHotel!
There are people among our community that decide to write a book and some of those decide to write a book about locksport. What is that you say? Well ask them all about it in this session! And you can buy one too because the book gets released days before HackerHotel!
Whether you’re new to the challenge of lockpicking or aiming for championship gold, this book serves as your definitive guide, packed with practical advice from a team of experts.
DIVE INTO THE ESSENTIALS WITH LOCKSPORT FOUNDATIONS
- How various locks work and how to maintain and disassemble practice locks
- What makes some locks more secure than others
- The laws, competitions, and communities that make up the world of locksport
MASTER YOUR CRAFT WITH HANDS-ON TECHNIQUES
- How to pick pin tumblers and lever locks, make impressions or craft a working key from a blank, and manipulate open combination safe locks
- How to work with picks, rakes, tension wrenches, files, magnification tools, safe-lock graphs, and depth-measuring instruments
- The intricacies of security pins, wards, dimple locks, keyways, and antique locks
GAIN THE COMPETITIVE EDGE WITH COMPETITION INSIGHTS
- The ins and outs of competition setup and tools and how to host your own competitions
- Expert strategies for managing your nerves and gathering lock intel
- What it’s like to participate in timed head-to-head competitions, PicTacToe™, escape challenges, and other lockpicking contests
From mastering your first padlock to conquering a competition, Locksport will show you how to take your skills to the next level—and have endless fun doing it.
English
Walter is a long term ethical hacker, both in his professional and private life. He hacks physical locks (he was president of The Open Organisation of Lockpickers and authored the book Locksport), hardware (Gigatron microcomputer) and software (he was co-owner of a penetration testing company). When he's not hacking, he likes to read, sail, and drive in rally cars in Finland.
Jos Weyers (@josweyers) is a world-record holder in the field of lock impressioning and a mainstay participant at LockSport events around the world. Jos is the President of TOOOL.nl, a key figure at the Hack42 hackerspace in Arnhem, and the director of hackerspacevastgoedBV. He was the mastermind behind the beehive42.org initiative.
Featured in the New York Times and Quest.
Voted #2 in the category “Hackers and Security” of the Nerd101-list of VrijNederland June 2015
He’s also devilishly handsome.