Welcome to LPCON5. Once again, DEFCON will be hosting the CON within a CON. Lock Picking has gotten a great deal of interest over the last 5 years and the contests have proven to be very popular. Once again LPCON will be composed of two primary events. The timed Lock Picking SkillZ Contest and the Lock Picking Points Contest. In addition, LPCON will be running the Lock Picking Village in the Skyboxes. Their will be opportunities to listen to talks, demonstrations, and to practice your skillz on multiple different types of locks from easy to very hard.

The timed Lock Picking SkillZ event will be composed of three elimination rounds consisting of multiple 6-contestant heats over two days. This event is held on the contest floor. The final event will be a competition among the 4 fastest times and will be done on the now infamous “Tower of Terror”. Rules will be posted on http://www.securitytribe.com/~doc/lpcon5. The primary rules are: you must use manual picks (plug spinners are ok) and no destroying the locks. Check the schedule for time and location, but the plan is for 1pm-4pm on Friday and Saturday for this event. Please signup either by emailing doc-lpcon at hotmail dot com or by stopping by the Lock Picking Village Friday morning before 12 noon.

The second event is the Lock Picking Points Competition. Here you will earn points based on different locks that you pick in the Lock Picking Village. Some will be easy, some hard and the lock picking team will track your scores throughout DEFCON with a prize awarded to the top point getters. You can only get points for each lock once. Sign up for this competition in the Lock Picking Village anytime while we are open.

Don’t have picks? No Problem – picks will be available for sale by vendors in the vendor area. You should be able to find picks with LockSport International (LSI) or Toool-USA Please help support the team that puts all the work into making the lock picking activities possible by planning to get your LPCON 5 t-shirt or other commemorative items. You can pre-order LPCON 5 t-shirts by emailing doc-lpcon at hotmail dot com by July 1, 2007. Send your name, shirt size, and desired color (black or gray). All pre-orders must be picked up from DOC no later than 4pm Friday.