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Hackers Hack Handcuffs at H.O.P.E. (Video)
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.
Grrrrrowwwwlll!
this video ... will teach you the rudiments of unhandcuffing yourself -- but ... leaves out the fine points. ... huh? It either does or it doesn't.
teach this to your girlfriend
What's next? You trying to show us how to "hack" a bank and rob it? Or how to remove the anti-shoplifting devices from merchandise at the malls??
This is really low, even for you people.
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.
"timothy" likes to lick Rob Limo's buns. He is gay and into that thing. Definitely does *NOT* shop at chicken-fil-et!!!
captcha: gayfer
He did shoot himself in the back of the head! http://blog.al.com/live/2012/08/arkansas_police_video_leads_to.html
three, two, one...
tazer him.
the chains are easy enough to break. Just eat your wheaties and work out, slashbots.
P.S. If any of you OccuTards protest teh GOP convention, I hope you get shot and killed.
FUCK YOU, OCCUTARDS!
Breaking news from 1962..... handcuffs can be opened without a key!
sudo make me a sandwich
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".
i can remove any handcuffs except the twist tie ones thats why they use those however there are ways to break those anyways.....
At large operations where a lot of people are detained (or even arrested), handcuffs are not used. Too expensive and too bulky to have to use a couple hundred at a time. Zip ties (nylon cable ties) are used. They are both easier and harder to escape from than real handcuffs as they can be easily cut and can generally be opened with a paper clip, but it takes help and close physical access by the other party for these. (You could probably do it on your own if you can get the paper clip to your mouth and your hands in front of you, but it still would be very tricky as the target is small and you won't be able to see it in that position.)
Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired
Handcuffs are just for restraining drunks. For the real dangerous folks (protesters, students, etc) you use zip ties.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
http://chimcanh.nhatnghe.org
But like many hacks, notable for being interesting rather than useful, since cops who need to restrain a lot of people at once use plastic ties, not handcuffs. For an applicable hack see the lastest episode of Breaking Bad.
I'm one of those guys with some "double" joints, including my shoulders. The left one is really loose. I did it with handcuffs one time when I was a teenager, just to prove it could be done. I don't think I would do it now unless I was really desperate. The joint is still loose, but age makes everything harder. I also wonder about possible blood clots or other internal damage from doing it, which I didn't think about when I was a teen because all teens are immortal. :).
...use a key.
so worth it
You people are wimps.. appealing to authority. Fuck you! You're not nerds. You're dorks! You should close this site down and hang your heads in shame. You goddamn people would probably turn in fugitive slaves. Assholes!
You do know the amount of people that were for the American revolution was very small, ...
No. About 1/3 of the Colonials supported the revolution. That is a large number. That is literally about the percentage that are registered Democrats or registered Republicans according to a recent survey.
EVERY TIME I have tried to watch an embedded video on Slashdot, it has been abysmally slow to load. An almost complete waste of my time.
JUST LINK TO VIDEOS, DON'T TRY TO EMBED. You are doing your readers a disservice. Just add a link and let people watch off the original server. It works far better.
Can Slashdot of all sites use a flash video player that actually works with Flash for Linux? All I see instead of a video is a black box.
At least with Vimeo, you can go straight to their site to see the video. Youtube is about the only one that works consistently.
So let's say you're illegally protesting (without a permit, disturbing bystanders, not disbursing..etc) and you get cuffed by the cops.
What's the increase in penalties vs. just staying cuffed? ... a bit of research later...
Seems that you can spend up to a year in jail for what is now a misdemeanor, as opposed to getting a ticket for the infraction.
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
how this is considered hacking...
I looked at all 3x links in the article, and didn't see the video on any of them....
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Would the editors please stop approving this kind of crap. I know the shills are voting it up, but still use some editorial judgement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ :D
I wrote my first program at the age of six, and I still can't work out how this website works.
When I was a kid, we had a few sets of handcuffs for play. I'd escape readily through having spare keys, dislocating my thumb, or using a shim. However, they weren't "real" cuffs and I could have probably forced the mechanism, bent the links, etc. if I was determined enough. That is, they weren't real, quality cuffs. However, what continually surprises me is how well these techniques apparently work on real police cuffs.
Here is a link to a torrent in case you, like me, don't allow sites to used "local storage" via Flash but you still want to see the video.
Every single person should have reasonable means of getting a good education. It is so important that many nations consider it a basic human right.
We seem to agree with that idea in the U.S. That is why we have an excellent system of state universities at a reasonable cost, on average under $15K per year including room and board. Even a part-time job flipping burgers would make a significant dent in those costs and help to avoid loans. For those fortunate enough to be studying in a field that has part-time entry level positions the pay can be good enough to cover these costs completely and be debt free.
I did not kill my wife and then jump into the waterfall.
So it's a video about nothing... Since the "finer points" are missing.
Yes, teach people how to go from being arrested for committing a misdemeanor which might amount to time served and might be dismissed to committing several felonies which can earn one a stiff fine, a lengthy jail sentence or prison time, and possibly get them shot in the process. Wonderful idea, keep up the good work.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
Don't follow the link, or you'll be sorry.
Just don't forget your safe word.
Have gnu, will travel.
none of this will work. (Don't ask how I know...)
When the U.S. Marshals cuff you for transport, you get leg irons plus handcuffs plus a key-locked box placed over the handcuffs so you can't get access to the handcuffs at all. Good luck getting out of that unless you're Houdini (or at least well-trained in escape magic and have the proper tools secreted up your butt.)
However, local cops do screw up. A handcuff key stuffed in a money belt behind you is quite likely to be missed in a frisk, even if they suspect you have hidden weapons (again, don't ask how I know.) If you're cuffed with your hands behind you or if you have such a key hidden both in front and behind you, your odds improve.
There are little plastic handcuff keys being sold now (although supposedly only to law enforcement) which are very small and not detectible by magnetic search. Buy (or make) a couple and stash them in your money belt or taped to your tool or whatever.
Keep in mind that if you're being transported by two cops, unless you have a derringer stuffed up your butt, you're likely to get shot once you pick the cuffs and try to flee... When the Marshals transport you, there's usually a chase car following behind the transport van, too.
If you're being flown somewhere, the Marshals will usually have several Marshals with shotguns standing around when you're being moved from the van to the plane. So unless you're Bruce Payne in the movie "Passenger 57" (and that was a commercial flight, not a Marshals Service flight), or Nick Gage in "Con Air", you're not likely to beat that either.
Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!
Most handcuffs used by law enforcement use a standard key - just buy one and wear it around your neck. Simple. Thats what all the gang-bangers do.
Seems like a monumentally bad idea to try to get out of cuffs. I've been told by a deputy friend that as soon as one cuff is still on your wrist, and the other is hanging, you now have possession of a deadly weapon.
As for the keys, How much you wanna bet that they can't make a "possession of burglary tools" charge stick if you're carrying lock picks of any kind?
I had a sucky sig.
While I don't deny that sometimes people are arrested who have broken no law, I still object to the summary's implication that protesting=getting arrested. Glamorizing getting arrested and even beaten by the police is a highly irresponsible tactic used by the left. If you exercise your constitutional rights, break now laws, and still get arrested, then I support you for standing up for you rights (although as far as I've seen this isn't that common). If you commit trespass, disobey lawful orders from the police, or illegally block traffic or pedestrians, then even if your protest is otherwise "nonviolent" you are asking to get arrested because you are breaking the law.
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" ...
and once you break free of your handcuffs the cops are going to turn all sweetness and light?
remember those old S.W.A.T games where you were taught to restrain everyone caught up in a raid, suspects, hostages and innocent bystanders alike --- or risk losing control of the situation?
you should have the ability to defend yourself and earn the extra charges
assume you survive being tasered, clubbed, choked, or shot by a cop whose entire training is focused on bringing you down quickly.
Its not that people turned away from the idea of Wall Street and banking reform. Its that people turned away from the Occupy Movement as the vehicle to promote such reforms.
Our friend anecdotes are not much of a rebuttal against a formal survey conducted by a reputable organization like Gallop.
So let's say you're illegally protesting (without a permit, disturbing bystanders, not disbursing..etc) and you get cuffed by the cops.
What's the increase in penalties vs. just staying cuffed? ... a bit of research later...
Seems that you can spend up to a year in jail for what is now a misdemeanor, as opposed to getting a ticket for the infraction.
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An invitation to visit site
By escaping custody.