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Hackers Hack Handcuffs at H.O.P.E. (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the over-under-around-and-through dept.

Have you ever been handcuffed and wish you weren't? Even if you haven't, what if you plan to demonstrate at a political party convention in the next couple of weeks? Either way, you need to watch this video, shot by Timothy Lord and unknown_lamer at H.O.P.E. (Hackers on Planet Earth), which will teach you the rudiments of unhandcuffing yourself -- but on purpose leaves out the fine points. For those, you'll need to buy several pairs of handcuffs and practice on your own. At worst, you will probably embarrass yourself no more than Timothy does as he tries to shimmy his handcuffed hands from behind him to in front of him, starting at about 5:18.

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  1. come on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am so sick of partial info that "leaves out the finer points". If you want to make good information, include ALL of the information.

  2. Ah, there it is! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I clicked every link in the post twice before I realized where to find the video...

    And now I know what it's like for grandma to "surf the Internets".

  3. Re:Why Is This Here?? by pla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is really low, even for you people.

    Free clue - The police don't always act in our best interests.

    They occasionally cuff people, throw 'em in a cage, and abandon them for days at a time. They occasionally cuff people and then beat the poor helpless bastard silly, claiming "resistance" (which if they want to claim it, at least you should have the ability to defend yourself and earn the extra charges). They occasionally torture handcuffed hippies by pepper-spray coated q-tips to the eyes.

    The more ways we have to defend ourselves against the bad ones (which for the sake of argument, I'll pretend count as the minority), the better.