The MIT Lockpicking Guide
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MIT Guide to Lock Picking
Ted the Tool
February 14, 1992
Distribution
Copyright 1987, 1991 Theodore T. Tool. All right reserved.
Permission to reproduce this document on a non-profit basis is granted provided that this copyright and distribution notice is included in full. The information in this booklet is provided for educational purposes only.
August 1991 revision.
Contents
4 Basic Picking & The Binding Defect
7.2 Zen and the Art of Lock Picking
9 Recognizing and Exploiting Personality Traits
9.8 Beveled Holes and Rounded pins