While the "MIT guide to lockpicking" is reproducible on a "non-profit basis", some concern has been expressed on behalf of the MIT 'hacking community'. See:
- http://www.lysator.liu.se/mit-guide/lame.html
- http://web.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/www/stock-answers/lockpicking-guide
Comment or guidance from any current members of the MIT community would be welcome.
Please read the text at one of the above links for full details. I reproduce the Executive Summary and a bit of other context below:
The MIT Hacking community is saddened by the series of recent
events which have made the "MIT Guide To Lockpicking" available
electronically in a indiscriminate fashion. We would like to state,
once again, that we believe such distribution is inappropriate. Since we
clearly have no control over the guide's dissemination, we would, at the
least, like those distributing the guide to do the following:
- Add an integral section on Hacking Ethics (which see);
- Disassociate the MIT name from the distributed guide
The guide was originally written to pass on non-destructive methods of
entry to members of the MIT Hacking community.
"Roof and tunnel" hacking at MIT is concerned primarily with
non-intrusive exploration. ... The goal is to discover and learn, not to
steal, destroy, or invade anyone's privacy. ...
The "MIT Guide" was never intended to be distributed separate from the
oral tradition and indoctrination associated with the MIT Hacking
community.
The MIT Hacking community does not support the guide's distribution in
electronic form ... we feel it is inappropriate for the guide to be labelled as
an "MIT Guide". At this point, the guide is neither being distributed by
MIT nor with the blessing of the MIT Hacking community.
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