Many home invaders and kidnappers use heavy-duty zip ties to keep victims restrained. If you replace your existing shoelaces with paracord, you can use the paracord to form a friction saw that will cut through the zip ties.
Everyone is capable of being a jerk now and then, but a select few seem to make it a lifelong career. Perhaps it’s an undermining coworker, a jealous friend, or a controlling boss that’s the source of your frequent emotional abuse. Regardless of the situation, it’s time to put a stop to it now. Here’s what to do.
While it’s pretty unlikely that you’re a target of deliberate brainwashing, you probably have been subjected to some of the common techniques associated with the less-than-ethical practice. Here are a few common methods you encounter on a regular basis and what you can do to avoid them.
If you accidentally lock your keys in the car and don’t have your wedge and metal rod handy, you can often unlock the car from the outside using nothing but your shoelace.
Your Wi-Fi network is your convenient wireless gateway to the internet, and since you’re not keen on sharing your connection with any old hooligan who happens to be walking past your home, you secure your network with a password, right? Knowing, as you might, how easy it is to crack a WEP password, you probably secure your network using the more bulletproof WPA security protocol.
Manipulation is generally a bad skill to use to get what you want, but sometimes it’s justifiable when you have a noble cause. Perhaps you’re trying to get someone to live a healthier lifestyle or enjoy an activity with you. When other tactics fail you and it’s time to resort to a little manipulative behaviour, here are some tricks you can use to get what you want without being completely abandoning your ethics.
Let’s face it: sooner or later, you’re going to get abducted. We live in dangerous times, and it’s a more dignified way to meet new people than, say, Craigslist personals. So, yes, you’ll probably get abducted, but that doesn’t mean you have to like it.
Most us who’ve had school lockers or rental storage units know that lots of people trust inexpensive padlocks to secure their belongings. Tactical studies weblog ITS Tactical proves that this trust is a false sense of security by opening the two most popular type of padlocks with shims cut from an aluminium soft drink can.
If your relatives are still using Internet Explorer 6 despite your advice, maybe it’s time to take matters into your own hands. Here’s a slightly evil way of switching their default browser without them knowing.
If you have a digital safe with a passcode entry, a few things could go wrong. You could forget the code, the electronic mechanism could fail, or someone could change the code without you knowing. In the event you need to break into your own electronic safe, here’s how to do it.
