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"Why do you lock your door?" - RVASec 2012

Schuyler Towne

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  • Recommended by 3 people: 2 on Hacker News and 1 on Lobsters.
  • A classic. People kept recommending it from 2012 to 2020.
  • Presented by Schuyler Towne, locksport historian

Beginner. No background in the topic needed.

36K views14 years ago3 recommendations

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Schuyler Towne explores the history of locks, physical security, and the social assumptions behind why we lock our doors.

Presented at RVASec: rvasec.com/

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3 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended as an amazing discussion on the history of physical security and the cultural symbols of safety.

steakejjson Hacker News • Recommends

On “A difficult lock to pick [video]”

If you ever listen to people who really love locks talk about locks they all seem to say one thing. "All locks are pickable or attackable". This just means that this particular lock is abnormal and most lock-people don't have the experience to attack it, not that it is secure. If you are semi-interested in locks, I really recommend listening to Schuyler Towne talk about locks. He's one of those people who is very passionate about what he does in a way that interest in locks really rubs off onto you in a really educational and relatable way. Here's a longer talk about the history of locks by him from 2012. It's a great place to start. link to this video

brownbaton Hacker News • Recommends

On “China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ achieves fusion breakthrough”

And the US in the early 1800s. Schuyler Towne has an amazing discussion of this, how Europeans routinely were laughing at American inventions... until they suddenly very much weren't. It's in this talk. link to this video I'd link directly to the relevant five minutes but it's hard to justify doing that sort of harm, depriving you of the other great 45 minutes there. (Ok, let's say it's 34ish to 41ish. Still, that entire thing is probably better than the other way you were going to spend some 50 minute block today.)

brownbaton Hacker News • Recommends

On “Guerrilla Public Service Redux (2017)”

Schuyler Towne has (several?) great talks on this, going through the history of physical security and our assumptions about perfect security vs. social and cultural symbols. link to this video

jcson Lobsters • Recommends

"Why do you lock your door?" - RVASec 2012 This could use a "history" tag if we had one, but it's a pretty interesting look at the history of locks.

emharton Hacker News • Mentions

On “3-D Printed Keys Can Pick High-Security Locks in Seconds”

I've researched the "why" and a couple years ago had the opportunity to discuss some of the broader ideas in the history & anthropology of locks. It was actually titled "Why do you lock your door?" link to this video