Before some moron says something along the lines of “not a hack”, go to

http://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/

Posted at 7:42 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by MikeFez

wow, preemptive strikes! But, more on topic, I wonder how durable these are… Would they actually withstand the forces required to pick a lock?

Posted at 8:50 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by michaelb

I am the one that took the photos you see, and I can assure you that these picks stand up to picking forces better than most commercial picks available. We designed the picks to be fully usable and not just a simple “novelty” like some other “business cards” out there. We’re very proud of them and are confident that the conference attendees will not be disappointed.

Posted at 10:10 pm on Jul 12th, 2008 by Babak Javadi

Felony territory here.

Posted at 1:26 am on Jul 13th, 2008 by TheBlunderbuss

#4, please cite your legal references for this statement and clarify.

Posted at 2:47 am on Jul 13th, 2008 by Babak Javadi

Kevin Mitnick had one of those or alike for business card when he was lecturing here in Slovenia..

Posted at 4:11 am on Jul 13th, 2008 by Janez D.

#5: http://www.lockpicking101.com/viewtopic.php?t=2850

List plenty of states and their statures which involve lock picks. Some states make having lockpicks without a license an immediate crime. Other’s require you to have intent to commit a crime with them. All have cops who will fuck with you for having them.

Posted at 7:01 am on Jul 13th, 2008 by cde

Bobcat, Billygoto and I played with these when Kevin Mitnicj used them as his business cards (http://blonderthanyou.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/mitnick1.jpg). We did observe a couple problems. A) getting them through airport security B) The set is too flimsy use more than a MacGuyver situation.

Posted at 8:44 am on Jul 13th, 2008 by tommEE pickles

Tommee, you mean the set you used from kevin mitnicj was too flimsy?

They claim this is made of steel that will last.

Macguyver has piles of explosives and reels of hollywood movie special effects to get him out of any situation, we should all be so lucky to be in a macguyver situation ;)

Posted at 3:40 pm on Jul 13th, 2008 by miles

Just to answer a few concerns that people seem to have, I thought I’d talk a bit about the strength.

The type and thickness of steel used is the same steel we used for our full sized picks. The primary detractors of the “emergency set” are the size of the picks themselves, and the burrs that are on the picks once broken off. While they are more than adequate for an emergency situation, you’d want to sand them off for long term use.

The full size picks do not have these issues.

Posted at 9:40 pm on Jul 13th, 2008 by Babak Javadi