Talk:Locksport

Merger Proposal
The Open Organization Of Lockpickers, while a most valuable organization, clearly fits within the scope of Locksport. While TOOOL "brought bumping to public attention" it was known throughout the community for quite some time and I personally dont feel that this makes TOOOL notable enough for its own page. This info would very easily fit in a section of "Community Achievements" or similar that could also discuss other fairly major issues that locksport enthusiasts have brought to public view.

I realize that the article has already survived an AfD review and as such I figured it was best to propose the merger before being bold. Also in the interest of full disclosure, I will state that I am not only a member of the Locksport community, but I also am the main contributor(only for now) to the Locksport article. Arachnowhat (talk) 13:09, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think you could fit this history into the main article, per its modernist context. Only got a vague idea of what "scrubbing" is, but even I realise groups that teach it get a lot of attention in crime novels (Jeffrey Deaver for instance) and the like. You should probably wait and merge it to an appropriate subarticle, even though as you say that may not be written until a few years from now. Ottre 18:30, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Obsolete References
The two sources pointing to locksport.com/faq.php (6. "Ok, but what good could come of a club like yours?" and 10. "Aren't you just teaching people to break into things?") are obsolete, as clicking them leads to a 404 error. I don't really know much about Wikipedia's policy on sources so I haven't edited the page, but I thought I'd at least point it out.--67.161.204.116 (talk) 01:42, 24 April 2010 (UTC) I am the content owner for Locksport.com and I updated those references. --Bill Sempf (talk) 19:38, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Feynman? nein
Richard Feynman opened Los Alamos safes and cabinets with combination locks. He did this variously by trying the (unchanged) factory setting, by looking for where the combination had been written down, by attempting various social hacks (e.g. a significant date, or in one case the first six digits of e), or simply persistence (trying one number after another until something worked). There is no evidence that he ever picked a lock. Therefore, I've removed this (unsourced) claim. Weeb Dingle (talk) 16:04, 4 September 2017 (UTC)


 * This is called safe manipulation and is solidly in the realm of locksport. Combining it with social engineering made his manipulation more efficient. Combination locks are locks. Locksport does not require picking a lock (locksport includes bumping, bypasses, impressioning, etc which are not picking). Sosyouroldman (talk) 02:17, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

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PDF link
Should the external link to The MIT Guide to Lock Picking be inline within the body text, or should it be shifted into a cited reference? —DIV (1.129.109.246 (talk) 13:29, 20 October 2019 (UTC))