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chapter

presents

a

set

of

carefully

c

hosen

exercises

that

will

help

y

ou

learn

the

skills

of

lo

c

k

picking.

The

do cument

ends

with

a

catalog

of

the

mec

hanical

traits

and

defects

found

in

lo

c

ks

and

the

tec

hniques

used

to

recognize

and

exploit

them.

The

rst

app endix

describ es

how

to

make

lo ck

picking

to

ols.

The

other

app endix

presents

some

of

the

legal

issues

of

lo ck

picking.

The

exercises

are

imp ortant.

The

only

wa

y

to

learn

how

to

recognize

and

exploit

the

defects

in

a

lo ck

is

to

practice.

This

means

practicing

many

times

on

the

same

lo ck

as

well

as

practicing

on

many

dieren

t

lo

c

ks.

An

y

one

can

learn

ho

w

to

op

en

desk

and

ling

cabinet

lo cks,

but

the

ability

to

op en

most

lo cks

in

under

thirt

y

seconds

is

a

skill

that

requires

practice.

Before

getting

in

to

the

details

of

lo

c

ks

and

picking,

it

is

worth

p

oin

ting

out

that

lo

c

k

picking

is

just

one

wa

y

to

b

ypass

a

lo ck,

though

it

do es

cause

less

damage

than

brute

force

techniques.

In

fact,

it

ma

y

b

e

easier

to

b

ypass

the

b olt

mechanism

than

to

b

ypass

the

lo ck.

It

may

also

b e

easier

to

bypass

some

other