Hackers Hack Handcuffs at H.O.P.E. (Video)

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Have you ever been handcuffed and wish you weren't? Even if you haven't, what if you plan to demonstrate at a political party convention in the next couple of weeks? Either way, you need to watch this video, shot by Timothy Lord and unknown_lamer at H.O.P.E. (Hackers on Planet Earth), which will teach you the rudiments of unhandcuffing yourself -- but on purpose leaves out the fine points. For those, you'll need to buy several pairs of handcuffs and practice on your own. At worst, you will probably embarrass yourself no more than Timothy does as he tries to shimmy his handcuffed hands from behind him to in front of him, starting at about 5:18.

Re:Handcuffs

[Anonymous Coward]

At worst, you will probably embarrass yourself no more than Timothy does as he tries

"Do or do not. There is no try." — Yoda

Re:Why Is This Here??

[JockTroll]

There are plenty of legitimate good reasons to learn how to free yourself from handcuffs. One of them is being able to call for rescue when your BDSM-obsessed girlfriend has an epileptic seizure after cuffing you up. Oh, sorry, you losers don't have girlfriends.

And this is why they use zip-ties now.

[Kenja]

Handcuffs are just for restraining drunks. For the real dangerous folks (protesters, students, etc) you use zip ties.