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tags: lockpicking, culture
name: TOOOL - The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers
short_description: TOOOL is an international group of lockpicking enthusiasts dedicated to advancing the general public knowledge about locks and lockpicking through teaching, research, and competition.
target: https://toool.us/
author: N/A
contributor: gradiuscypher
last_updated: 2020-02-03
render: true
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"Rogues knew a good deal about lock-picking long before locksmiths discussed it… If a lock is not so inviolable as it has hitherto been deemed to be, surely it is to the interest of honest persons to know this fact, because the dishonest are… certain to apply the knowledge practically… the spread of the knowledge is necessary to give fair play to those who might suffer by ignorance."