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so, my local CBS affiliate just interviewed me about lockpicking and physical security. i believe that Toool had popped up on their radar during HOPE and they choose to get in touch with us (the east coast chapter of Toool-USA) because techniques like bump keying are starting to make some headlines.
i generally don't like talking to the press or media about anything, since i'm rarely wowed over by the results that they produce (the exception, of course, to that rule would be patty walsh, the freelance reporter who's covered defcon and other community events in the past for independent news organizations. her work is always stellar) but was nominated by the rest of the sportpickers in the group since they said i made the best face for our organization. anyone who knows me has seen that i haven't been near a gym in a number of years, so i doubt i'd make a good face for anything besides lager and ale. however, i said yes since i like getting information about security out to a wide audience.
i'm wondering what angle they're going to take with the piece, however. there were a handful of those typical mainstream media questions along the lines of "doesn't talking about this publicly have the potential to aid criminals in their craft?" to which the answer is always "no... criminals are actually already very adept at committing crimes. talking about bad security to a criminal is like talking about gun safety to a cop... they already know the fine details. you want the unedeucated person to get this knowlege... you want the average homeowner to know about poor security (and, i would say, about bad firearm handling practices) so that they don't make simple mistakes and can take the proper steps necessary to protect themselves and their loved ones."
it's just going to be a very short piece... like two minutes or so. that might actually work in our favor. they seemed genuinely interested in the security threats that societies face and in learning about what john and jane q. public can do to mitigate them. i doubt they'd have time after showing the bump keying (which the reporter herself took a whack at and managed to do on the second try) to get into the sensationalism of "is your teenage neighbor a lockpicker in his spare time?"
but, we'll see i suppose.
p.s. - in true defcon fashion, i demonstrated the opening of a padlock with metal from a Guinness can. it would be really neat if that got on the air.
i generally don't like talking to the press or media about anything, since i'm rarely wowed over by the results that they produce (the exception, of course, to that rule would be patty walsh, the freelance reporter who's covered defcon and other community events in the past for independent news organizations. her work is always stellar) but was nominated by the rest of the sportpickers in the group since they said i made the best face for our organization. anyone who knows me has seen that i haven't been near a gym in a number of years, so i doubt i'd make a good face for anything besides lager and ale. however, i said yes since i like getting information about security out to a wide audience.
i'm wondering what angle they're going to take with the piece, however. there were a handful of those typical mainstream media questions along the lines of "doesn't talking about this publicly have the potential to aid criminals in their craft?" to which the answer is always "no... criminals are actually already very adept at committing crimes. talking about bad security to a criminal is like talking about gun safety to a cop... they already know the fine details. you want the unedeucated person to get this knowlege... you want the average homeowner to know about poor security (and, i would say, about bad firearm handling practices) so that they don't make simple mistakes and can take the proper steps necessary to protect themselves and their loved ones."
it's just going to be a very short piece... like two minutes or so. that might actually work in our favor. they seemed genuinely interested in the security threats that societies face and in learning about what john and jane q. public can do to mitigate them. i doubt they'd have time after showing the bump keying (which the reporter herself took a whack at and managed to do on the second try) to get into the sensationalism of "is your teenage neighbor a lockpicker in his spare time?"
but, we'll see i suppose.
p.s. - in true defcon fashion, i demonstrated the opening of a padlock with metal from a Guinness can. it would be really neat if that got on the air.
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