Twitches ( @Twitches@lemm.ee ) 49•5 months agoPicking handcuffs is super easy, but, snapping those zip ties are not as easy as it sounds, unless I’m doing it wrong it hurts too much.
Yeah full disclaimer: This is a screenshot of something my friend posted and not my experience. I’d imagine it would hurt, but maybe I could practice it with … a very trusted friend lol
skulblaka ( @skulblaka@startrek.website ) 34•5 months agoZip cuffs are basically impossible to remove without a sharp edge. Metal cuffs are a lot easier to get out of.
Source: my dad’s ex cop friend tested this with us at his bar
Thurstylark ( @thurstylark@lemm.ee ) English12•5 months agoImportant note: zip ties (what is being discussed in the OP), and zip cuffs (cuffs that are made from similar material and tech) are very much NOT the same, and cannot be treated the same way.
Milk_Sheikh ( @Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee ) 13•5 months agoPolice “Flexicuffs” are legit, and designed to prevent this technique from working. The ‘smash against hard surface to break’ works on regular zip-ties, the kind a kidnapper or rapist buys from the hardware store
Picking handcuffs is indeed trivial, and basically all models are vulnerable to shimming under the ratchet pawl as well as using the (nearly) universal keys that are cheaply available online
discostjohn ( @discostjohn@programming.dev ) 1•5 months agoAh yes, the classic shimmery Rachel paw technique. I too am a master of lock picking.
_MusicJunkie ( @_MusicJunkie@beehaw.org ) 8•5 months agoI tried it once with some household zipties, I could do it but it did hurt a lot. Dunno if the police use stronger ones, I would assume so.
xor ( @xor@infosec.pub ) 25•5 months agobreaking zip ties isn’t easy… but if you have a paper clip or something, it’s a simple mechanism and you can lift the little plastic tab and loosen it…
or melt it with a lighter… Mac ( @Mac@mander.xyz ) 11•5 months agoHi, i regularly open and reuse zip ties.
I use a knife and it’s hard enough with that fine point. Unless your zip ties have massive openings and lots of slop it would be impossible with a paper clip.
xor ( @xor@infosec.pub ) 3•5 months agowell ive definitely done it with a paper clip on a normal zip tie… the cop ones are a lot thicker so it seem like the tab would be bigger and easier to fuck with…
Mac ( @Mac@mander.xyz ) 3•5 months agoHmmm. Maybe it’s the brand i have, then.
Ilovethebomb ( @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ) 3•5 months agoA small flat head screwdriver also works, although the legit handcuffs may be more tamper resistant.
uriel238 ( @uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 9•5 months agoI bought a handcuff key (on a keychain wand) on Cops Plus. The company didn’t require confirmation I was law enforcement.
Dope
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