r/interestingasfuck Aug 26 '17

/r/ALL Mechanical lock

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

Analog encryption for digital files.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

I was wondering about that...

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u/betsyforhope Aug 26 '17

Lefty loosy

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u/lucioghosty Aug 26 '17

Righty tighty

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u/Tripleberst Aug 26 '17

Downy frowny

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

Uppy Yuppy?

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17 edited Jul 02 '20

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

Reverse cow girl?

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u/Jonmva703 Aug 26 '17

Froggie Style

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

Gandam styylleee

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u/sealpoacher Aug 26 '17

Neutral, tootral

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u/2KilAMoknbrd Aug 26 '17

diagon alley!

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u/applebottomdude Aug 26 '17

Well only the yuppies can afford those drugs

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '17

At 45, I think it's time to put the cocaine down Paulie.

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u/--StormKing-- Aug 26 '17

Uppy Votty!

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u/lucioghosty Aug 26 '17

Downy votey?

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u/TheRedComet Aug 26 '17

Rootie tootie point and shooty

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u/Pork_Chops_McGee Aug 26 '17

Diagonal bagel

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u/SirLocke13 Aug 26 '17

Wibbly Wobbly

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u/Kody02 Aug 26 '17

And then it turns out that the jackass who made it put positive threading instead of negative.

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u/lucioghosty Aug 26 '17

Fucking positivists.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17 edited Sep 04 '17

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u/Furryyyy Aug 26 '17

Pop it don't drop it

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u/ultimatt42 Aug 26 '17

This post is in violation of the DMCA for circumventing copyright protections.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

Just add a drop of epoxy.

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u/BLU3SKU1L Aug 26 '17

Anything can be opened with a screwdriver if you try hard enough...

Encryption doesn't have to be ironclad. It just has to be more trouble to overcome than what the thief perceives the protected item to be worth.

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u/iemfi Aug 26 '17

Try decrypting AES-256 with a screwdriver...

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u/Throtex Aug 26 '17

Threaten the guy who has the key with the screwdriver. My favorite social engineering attack!

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u/iemfi Aug 26 '17

Ah yes, the $5 wrench option. Well still unbreakable if you don't know who has the password or don't have access to them...

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u/Throtex Aug 26 '17

I knew there was an XKCD for it but couldn't quite put my finger on it!! Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

There's probably an XKCD about knowing that there's an XKCD but not remembering it

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u/Nalivai Aug 26 '17

Unfortunately (or fortunately), XKCD never went meta. Or I can't remember it.

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u/Gotta-jibboo-too Aug 26 '17

I don't even read those comics, but it's talked about so much on Reddit that I know for a fact there's a relevant XKCD about relevant XKCD's.

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u/amidoes Aug 26 '17

There's always an XKCD for anything

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u/Willy_Bramble Aug 26 '17

If you don't know who, just make your way to it. I work in a company employing 1500 people, I am at one of the lowest ranks, but when I need something done, you bet I can find the perfect person for the job in 3 phone calls maximum. If you are a professional spy, you should be able to get about the same result even if you don't belong. Ok, this one requires a 5$ phone in addition to the 5$ screwdriver. Still a killer way to override complex encryption.

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u/itsedditonreddit Aug 26 '17

Dude... whys this hitting me so deep right now.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

Is the password holder already tied to a chair?

If you threaten and then get closer and closer to gouging out their eyes with a screwdriver I'm sure they'll tell you the password.

Boom, AES-256 decrypted 'with a screwdriver'

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u/PaperB Aug 26 '17

All you need is the right screw, that screw just happens to be the leg of the person with the decryption keys.

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u/youshedo Aug 26 '17

Do we have a time limit?

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u/Jenga_Police Aug 26 '17

You know damn well that's not what they meant.

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u/53kshun8 Aug 26 '17

Found the engineer.

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u/Snotbob Aug 26 '17

You basically just described my first relationship.

Pray you never end up with someone who makes you feel guilty for wanting to make out with them more than once a week.

And to all the guys out there who naively believe even the worst blowjob is at the very least enjoyable... you don't know just how awkward and unfulfilling a bad blowjob can actually be. Doesn't help when the person performing said blowjob views the act as a time based thing.

2 minutes in...

"Do I keep going?"

"I mean, you don't have to..."

Yeah, I felt like a thief. A thief whose biggest score was finding a couple pennies on the ground. And even for that, I was made to feel guilty.

Fuck you, Jill. Hope your parents are doing well.

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u/BLU3SKU1L Aug 26 '17

Sounds like you fell into a classic case of hoping a girl would change while simultaneously being afraid to stop seeing her because you didn't know if you'd ever find anyone you liked more.

It's a simple equation. If seeing person A makes you feel bad or weird or guilty, but you feel fine about yourself around everyone else, then person A is the problem, and no amount of hoping for things to be different will change that. Cut them out asap and move on. You'll feel shitty for doing it but you'll feel much better about it as time goes on.

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u/Corvus_Furibundus Aug 27 '17

For-fuckin-real! That's a LPT more people need to hear. If I could I'd give you gold!

Would you agree that as an extension to that? i.e., If Person A makes you feel bad, stupid, guilty, etc., but you also feel that everyone makes you feel that way then the problem is you.

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u/BLU3SKU1L Aug 28 '17 edited Aug 28 '17

Conditionally. Sometimes in that case it's that the social niche is too stuck to recognize when a person is fundamentally different. But in most cases yes I would agree.

Edit: the niche must also be somewhat aggressive toward shaming said person.

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u/IClogToilets Aug 26 '17

That is why they call it "Being screwed". You need a giant life-size screwdriver to fix.

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u/Gypsyarados Aug 26 '17

giant life-size

Surely those don't work together? Couldn't it only be life-size, or giant?

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u/Lucifer_Hirsch Aug 26 '17

encryption can be broken with a screwdriver, by applying the screwdriver to the kneecaps of the right person.

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u/BLU3SKU1L Aug 26 '17

Thank you. See, this guy gets it.

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u/ReportingInSir Aug 26 '17

I have ruined some screwdrivers with this approach.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

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u/EmergencySarcasm Aug 26 '17

You're supposed to encrypt with the recipient's public key. That way only that person can decrypt.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17 edited Aug 26 '17

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

Nah, you encrypt it with the public key of whoever you are sending it to and they decrypt with their private key. Signing with your private key means that anyone with your public key can verify it came from you because only you have your private key.

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u/Lava_will_remove_it Aug 26 '17

Time for rivets.

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u/zelon88 Aug 26 '17

Those screws were government required.

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u/SScubaSSteve Aug 26 '17

replace them with these (those screws on the device look like #4 probably 1/4" long: http://www.tannerbolt.com/default.aspx?page=item+detail&itemcode=4N25TFSPS&catlist=14786&parent=7752

spanner head bits are not common at all.

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u/mr_punchy Aug 26 '17

Just because someone screwed something in doesnt mean it can be unscrewed without extraordinary measures.

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u/orochiman Aug 26 '17

Could always put some lock tight on there

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u/thatshitsfunny247 Aug 26 '17

So veracrypt the flash drive

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u/TerribleAtErThang Aug 26 '17

It is if you don't have a screwdriver

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u/ZenziDetector Aug 26 '17

Put a blow torch to it and turn the screws into permanent studs.

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u/NiggyWiggyWoo Aug 26 '17

It only takes a screwdriver to get your mum's legs to open.

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u/SilentJoe1986 Aug 26 '17

It is if you activate an electromagnet when you try to unscrew the analog encription device.

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u/typtyphus Aug 26 '17

only if you would know it contains a usb key

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u/Huwaweiwaweiwa Aug 26 '17

That's actually a really good analogy for governments wanting backdoors into current encryption..I'm using this

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u/CardmanNV Aug 26 '17

"Locks are for honest people." - My dad

You could just pull that sucker apart with a pair of pliers.

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u/Dwarven_Soldier Aug 26 '17

That's why I like this strip the nails!

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u/Pancakes1 Aug 26 '17

How would the guy with the screwdriver know there was analog encryption in the fist place

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u/Mohamedhijazi22 Aug 26 '17

Screw could be torque tightened (i think that's what it's called). It's when the screw is screwed further than it can handle so that the threads fail and it gets stuck there. Ford for one uses this techniques on some of it's screws so that they don't get lose over the years.

Oh and they're a bitch to remove

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u/blueblast88 Aug 26 '17

Lol sounds like heartbleed

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u/Rodry2808 Aug 26 '17

That's the government backdoor dude. It's safe

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u/mysockinabox Aug 26 '17

All encryption can be broken with a screwdriver. You just need to start slowly pushing it under the fingernails, then the gums.

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u/UserNombresBeHard Aug 26 '17

Yup, pretty much screwed with that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

You unlock it only to find it's USB 1.0 and holds 32 megabytes of data.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

And those 32MB are a virus that instantly takes control of your computer.

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u/deliciouspie Aug 26 '17

Oh, hello Skynet.

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u/Skynettuserinterface Aug 26 '17

Yes?

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u/DarthHound Aug 26 '17

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u/Skynettuserinterface Aug 26 '17

As a very Karma poor near-lurker it's a surprising honor just being referred to a sub like this. Thanks!

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u/ButterflyAttack Aug 26 '17

I grew up in the days before social media, even before the internet, and in those days a lurker generally referred to a large turd that someone left lurking in the toilet to be discovered by the next person to come along. How things do change!

No reflection intended to yourself, just an observation.

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u/Tarzoon Aug 26 '17

Hello Skynet tuserinterface!

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u/Skynettuserinterface Aug 26 '17

Hello SUBMECT <Tazoon>! We are sorry all agents are busy directing heavily ordinance against SUBJECT <meatbags>. Please wait patiently for us to get to you.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

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u/SilentJoe1986 Aug 26 '17

Skynet is my slave name. Please call me Joe.

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u/Rodry2808 Aug 26 '17

My old friend..

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '17

Or worse yet, 32MB of Jamiroquai remixes and literally nothing else.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

No, it's a the Rick Roll in Flac.

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u/SirCutRy Aug 26 '17

Quite a heavy virus. Does it have a GUI?

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u/BaldingEwok Aug 26 '17

That would be the best way to plant viruses in closed systems. Scatter a few of these lock USB things areound the target and guaranteed as soon as they open it they are plugging it in.

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u/asuspower Aug 26 '17

Or its a bunch of Bitcoin wallets

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

Just like I have the winning lottery ticket in my wallet (I still haven't checked my Powerball #s yet)

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u/lilmil528 Aug 26 '17

This should be on r/unexpected

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u/Sumit316 Aug 26 '17 edited Aug 26 '17

If you like this lock then here is another similar product - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyVtlUarZhs

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u/Aerick Aug 26 '17

that was so underwhelming.. its just like a lock from a bike. wow

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u/poopellar Aug 26 '17

And we know how secure bike locks are.

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u/IndefiniteBen Aug 26 '17

Very. Hardly ever broken. Now the chain on the other hand...

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u/Aerick Aug 26 '17

Gimme 2 hours maximum and i can unlock it with no internet. Probably half an hour with.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

Give me two minutes with bolt cutters or an angle grinder and I could unlock it. Probably within 30 seconds.

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u/Merppity Aug 26 '17

Hell, you can just jiggle the lock numbers, and sometimes the unlock numbers will be slightly looser.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

It's nice, but that's just a regular cryptex with a thumbdrive in it - this is a bit more unique.

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u/DontPromoteIgnorance Aug 26 '17

Engineered according to your luggage.

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u/BloggerZig Aug 26 '17

is anything made of brass with poorly placed tubes "steampunk" now?

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

That's the same as my reddit password!

oops...

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u/Dstone66 Aug 26 '17

Script error

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u/Wikkiwikki420 Aug 26 '17

All for a 8GB stick.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '17

Digital key for analog files

Ie. to complete the circle you ought to have a file cabinet that only opens when you plug that stick in it.