This is one of the best presents you can buy a 13-year-old kid. It's a $10 transparent padlock that lets you see the inner workings as you poke them with lockpicking tools. Amazon stopped selling low-priced lock-picks but they are dirt-cheap on eBay. Buy one for yourself, and another for your favorite juvenile hacker.
Transparent padlock and lockpicking tools
Proven Industries stops suing YouTuber for drinking juice and shimming open its lock
Proven Industries had one job: make locks that don't suck. Instead, they became the internet's favorite punching bag after a $130 trailer hitch lock got popped open in 10 seconds… READ THE REST
Watch how a lock-bump key works
A lock bump is a specially cut key that makes it easy to open standard door locks. In this video, The Lock Picking Lawyer shows how it's done. Thumbnail video:… READ THE REST
$140 gun "lock" has only six combinations
The lockpicking lawyer reviews the StopBox, an expensive chamber lock that encloses the trigger of AR-15-style rifles, and confirms that you do not need his skill and experience to defeat… READ THE REST
Microsoft Office is just $28, but only through July 26
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows for $27.97 instead of $219.99. The one-time purchase includes eight familiar… READ THE REST
This $430 MacBook Pro once cost nearly $2,000
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: This Grade A refurbished 2020 MacBook Pro has 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 13.3-inch Retina… READ THE REST
Free up computer space with 2TB of cloud storage for $59 — for life
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: FileJump is offering 2TB of cloud storage in an easy-to-use package for only $59 (MSRP $467) for… READ THE REST
