https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/b924de10-d1a0-4818-9182-7f8619b55cff my latest talk: Forged in Fire - Casting Copied Keys in the Field is available over at the CackalackyCon YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acArzi7-1bg You've seen lockpickers open doors by manipulating pins. Such a tactic relies on ownership of pick tools and the knowledge of how to use them. You may have witnessed hackers demonstrate the art of impressioning. Such a technique requires a working blank key that can be hand-filed into the correct shape in order to facilitate entry. But have you ever seen a key fabricated before your eyes from nothing at all? With a raw ingot of metal ore, heat from a flame, and some subversive skill it's possible to re-create almost any key -- no matter how obscure -- via molding and casting. That is what this presentation will entail: keys will be created using raw metal and fire. But not in a forge or foundry... this is a tactic that can be employed in the field by covert entry types who want a way to gain repeated access without having to carry around key blanks and specific tools specialized for every brand of lock. When you're casting a key from nothing, virtually any kind of mechanical lock becomes a valid target. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:55:03 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/b924de10-d1a0-4818-9182-7f8619b55cff All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.