One of the more interesting examples presented about the "Hacker Ethic" is that of not allowing locked doors to get in the way of using new technology or discovering new things. The legend holds that at MIT, if a professor added a lock to his office to stop hackers from using a computer, they would crawl into the ceiling tiles and leave a note on the chair saying "Please don't lock your door." This eventually progressed to the general tunnel exploring that MIT provided, and how generations of students would pass along the knowledge they had recieved, to those who, in their view, were ready to recieve it. Of course, this whole idea got blown out when the MIT Guide to Lockpicking became generally available.
So Lockpicking has this rather odd Symbiosis with computers in some circles, and you can find examples of that below.
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217.txt | 2250 | Opening Combo Locks, by V.T. and Exodus
| anar39.txt | 3212 | Lock Picking, by Black Cobra
| cardpick.txt | 2459 | Very Simple Lockpicking, by Morbid Angel of MAIM
| cmbkeyrl | 8864 | The RL Masterkey File by the Gypsy
| combkey.txt | 9698 | Renegade Legion's Masterkeying File by The Gypsy of Eastern Renegade Legion (Summer 1988)
| combkeym.txt | 8935 | Renegade Legion's Masterkeying File by The Gypsy of Eastern Renegade Legion (Summer 1988)
| combolocks.txt | 2253 | Opening Combo Locks by Exodus and V.T.
| combos.ana | 4170 | Picking Combination Locks, by The Byte Byter
| drillloc | 1044 | How to Drill a Pin Tumbler Lock
| drillpik.ana | 961 | How to Drill a Pin Tumbler Lock
| faq-locksmithing | 31044 | FAQ: Locksmithing, by Joe Ilacqua (May 22, 1995)
| get-text.txt | 14303 | A number of different Lock Picking files, combined.
| hiseclox.txt | 53204 | A Catalogue of High Security Locks Version 1.00 by Graham Pulford (April 27, 1994)
| hotelock.txt | 3480 | Electronic Hotel Card Locks
| inform-5.ana | 24251 | Simplex 5-button combination locks, by Hobbit
| inform5.txt | 24121 | Simplex 5-Button Combination Locks: *Hobbit*'s In-Depth Evaluation
| lckpik.txt | 3941 | Lock Picking by Black Cobra
| lock2.txt | 5482 | The Burglar Handbook: Lock Picking Techniques, by The Ninja Warrior
| lock3.txt | 5502 | Burglar Handbook: Lock Picking Techniques Part II by The Ninja Warrior
| lockers.bar | 3199 | Some School Locker Fun (Weeeee!)
| lockimpr.txt | 1353 | Lock Opening by Impressioning from The Druid
| lockpi1.ana | 3784 | Lock Picking by Nightwing
| lockpi2.ana | 3507 | Lock Picking by Black Cobra
| lockpic_.txt | 11278 | Lock Picking, by Darc Deathe
| lockpick | 4204 | Lock Picking by The Punisher
| lockpick.ana | 6678 | Lock Picking, by Darc Deathe
| lockpick.fun | 1786 | Incomplete file on 'picking' Master combination locks
| lockpick.hac | 5488 | Miracle Lockpicking (Overview of Modern Techniques)
| lockpick.shit | 25966 | FAQ: Alt.Locksmithing, by Joe Ilacqua (February 3, 1993)
| lockpick.txt | 3840 | Lock Picking, from Sherwood Forest, by Viyld
| lockpickin.txt | 10379 | The Ninja Warrior Presents Room Entry and Lockpicking Techniques
| lockpicking.ana | 6319 | Lockpicking: The Art of Opening Things, by Scan Man
| lockpik2.txt | 3706 | Lock picking by Black Cobra
| locksci.txt | 21069 | The Science of Picking Locks and the Science of Opening Safes, both by Eric the Red
| lockshop.hac | 8994 | The Lockshop Tutorial by The Suicide King
| locksmit | 24392 | alt.locksmithing answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 4 Jan 93
| locksmit.txt | 21511 | The FAQ File for alt.locksmithing, 6/16/92
| lps.hac | 10328 | The Arts of Lockpicking
| master.txt | 12874 | Mastering the Masterlock by The Gypsy of Dead On Arrival
| master1.hac | 8121 | Mastering the Masterlock, by Gypsy
| master2.hac | 3508 | Opening Master Locks, by Mach Three
| master3.ana | 1479 | How to pick Master Locks
| master3.hac | 1659 | How to Pick Master Locks
| masterlk.txt | 5260 | Master Combination Locks, by TC Publications (April 29, 1991)
| masters.ana | 1232 | Today's tutorial will be how to pick Master combination locks!
| mastlock.txt | 9440 | Mastering the Masterlock by Gypsy and Dead on Arrival
| mism24.hac | 3584 | Lock Picking by Nightwing
| mitguide.txt | 60659 | The MIT Guide to Lockpicking by Ted the Tool 9February 14, 1992)
| newpick1.txt | 18683 | Lockpicking Manual Chapter 1: Warded Locks by Saturday Knight 1989
| opencars.ana | 3610 | Automotive Locking Systems
| opencars.txt | 3712 | Automotive Locking Systems Information
| picker.ana | 2950 | Lockpicking Tutorial by Nightwing
| picklock.ana | 15034 | Picking Combination Locks, by the Byte Byter
| picklock.hac | 1339 | How to Pick Master Combination Locks
| picklock.nph | 58264 | Opening Locked Objects by Nocturnal Phoenix
| plt2.txt | 13863 | How to make Professional Lock Tools
| safepick.hac | 4752 | Opening Safes via the Sound Method, by Nick Fury
| safepick.txt | 5587 | Opening Safes, from the Big Brother Game, transcribed by Nick Fury
| safesci.hac | 10123 | The Science of Opening Safes, by Eric the Red
| sanchain.hac | 5032 | Chain Lock Picking Device, by Neutron Skydiver
| sanchain.txt | 5345 | Chain lock Picking Device, by Neutron Skydiver of SANctuary
| sanlock.txt | 74274 | The Art of Lockpicking: An Introduction Version 1.0
| sanlock1.san | 33618 | The Art of Lockpicking by Havok Halcyon
| sanlock1.txt | 33571 | The Art of Lockpicking Issue 1.0 by Havok Halcyon
| sanlock2san.ana | 33436 | The Art of Lockpicking Volume 2 (Compilation)
| sanlock2san.hac | 33480 | The Art of Lockpicking Volume 2 by Havok Halcyon
| sanlock3.san | 13367 | The Art of Lockpicking by Havok Halcyon Chapter 3
| sanlock3.txt | 13320 | The Lockpicking Series by Havok Halcyon, Part III
| scilock.txt | 19790 | The Science of Picking Locks by Eric The Red
| scrtlock.txt | 55026 | Secrets of Lock Picking, by Steven Hampton 1987
| shimming.ana | 3590 | Shimming Doors (Or, don't Bother with that Lock!)
| simplelockpick.txt | 1919 | How To Pick Those Simple Locks On People's Bags At The Airports by Ian (January 4, 1999)
| simplex.doc | 2980 | The Simplex Lock Crack, v1.01, June 1993
| simplex.loc | 23601 | Simplex 5-Button Combination Locks: *Hobbit*'s In-Depth Evaluation
| simplex.rdt | 23614 | Simplex Locks, an Illusion of Security from Scott Skinner
| simplex.txt | 24664 | Simplex Locks: An Illusion of Security by Scott Skinner and Emmanuel Goldstein and Magic Man
| simplexi.txt | 48365 | Simplex Locks: An Illusion of Security by Scott Skinner and Emmanuel Goldstein and Magic Man
| thief.txt | 6051 | The Thieves' Handbook: Lockpicks
| wardlock.txt | 3102 | The Warded Lock: An Overview
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| There are 79 files for a total of 1,090,833 bytes. |
A lot of these files are doubled; I found it very hard, looking at two similar but differently mangled files, which one should be the "canonical" one. So, I often include both.