Tag: mastermind

  • The Key Master [Locksmith]

    Another mastermind, this time, for the good. He’s a professional lock breaker, a man obsessively—perhaps compulsively—dedicated to cracking physical security systems. He doesn’t play games, he rarely sees movies, he doesn’t attend to plants or pets or, currently, a girlfriend. Tobias hacks locks. Then he teaches the public how to hack them, too. The Ultimate…

  • A Profile of a Master-thief [The Steal]

    Mmmmm. I love this kind of story. The full story of a brilliant thief, his empire and his demise. Blanchard wasn’t listening. He was noting the motion sensors in the corner, the type of screws on the case, the large windows nearby. To hear Blanchard tell it, he has a savantlike ability to assess security flaws,…