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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST

@autom8on.bsky.social

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Offensive security nut job (you don’t *have* to be mad to work here, so I’m told 😝). Lock collector, and occasional locksport competitor. Appropriately obsessed with dogs…

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Jan 26

A fortuitous place to end a roll of red filament - almost looks like I meant it - but as with everything else, a complete fluke! 🤣 The march to gridfinity’ise my filing cabinets and sort out my lock collection pushes ever onwards… one kg of PLA at a time… 😝 #3dprinting #gridfinity #sideproject 😝

The bottom view of some 3D printed gridfinity storage bins (one 2x4x6, one 3x4x6). I started printing them in red, but ran out of filament just after the base was done and had to swap to white - so have ended up with two tone bins with red bases and white walls. It looks quite good, considering it was an accident. lol.

The top view of some 3D printed gridfinity storage bins (one 2x4x6, one 3x4x6). I started printing them in red, but ran out of filament just after the base was done and had to swap to white - so have ended up with two tone bins with red bases and white walls (though you can’t actually see the red in this image). It looks quite good, considering it was an accident. lol.

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Jan 16

Retro shirt day - this one hasn’t seen the light of day in a while… 😎 #HackFu #RetroShirt

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Jan 16

The model needs modifying to add a retaining screw hole and some sort of cam… 😝🤣

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Jan 16

I really really wish I’d printed it the other way up - so I could claim having the blue at the front was a deliberate design decision… 😝🤣

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Jan 15

Finally finished printing - and it’s subtle enough that I don’t think anyone will notice the colour change where I ran out of clear transparent filament and had to swap it… 😝🤣 Need to get on and print the pins/circlip and then work out what springs I need… #locksport #3dprint

An oversized 3D printed cutaway lock part, next to a pile of bridging material I’d just removed on a messy desk.

Another oversized 3D printed cutaway lock part, next to a pile of bridging material I’d just removed on a messy desk.

An oversized 3D printed cutaway lock body and plug, after removing bridging material, assembled to see if they fit together (side view). I ran out of clear filament, so the back part is in a local shade of blue. 🤣

An oversized 3D printed cutaway lock body and plug, after removing bridging material, assembled to see if they fit together (front view). I ran out of clear filament, so the back part is in a local shade of blue. 🤣

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Dec 19

Hmm, I wonder if anyone is planning any physical security shenanigans… 🤔

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Dec 16

Thankfully, my initial requirements are trivially simple, and I should be able to find the necessary dimensions easily. Less good, my free time is considerably less readily available, so learning and practice will be sporadic Still, for now, I’m quite happy being the dumbest person in the room. 🤣

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Dec 11

Yup, mind blown. How can pictures off the Internet now be physical objects I can hold in my hand? Next step, need to learn some 3D modelling so I can start producing my own objects, rather than just using others’… #3dprinting

Assorted 3D models of euro cylinder holding tools from Thingiverse.

A Creality K1C printer starting to print some locksport bits and pieces. The sparse infill pattern (15%) is clearly visible inside the partially printed pieces.

A Creality K1C printer, having finished printing some locksport bits - just waiting for them to be peeled off the print bed.

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Dec 11

Sure, would be fun to try something other than calibration prints, euro cylinder holders and safe mounts… 😎 Is it already online somewhere, or do I need to get it from you direct?

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Dec 11

Many apologies, I’d planned to get some lock stuff done over the weekend and early this week, but then, I got somewhat distracted… 😎

A photo of a Creality K1C 3D printer box and three parcels containing printing filament that had just been dropped off by courier. A medium sized brown and white dog (~40kg) is partially obscured by the box, as he’s having a good sniff at the side away from the camera. His bright yellow harness, lead, and muzzle are being partially squished by the box, as it was heavy and I kinda put it down in a hurry when the courier dropped it off. The rest of the hallway, as my house (and arguably life), is a mess, so I’ll not dwell on describing that in too much detail. Composition is terrible, but I’m no David Bailey. Taken on an old iPhone, with a level of quality appropriate for hardware of the time.

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SnoopCon @snoopcon.bsky.social · Dec 5

Watch this space for updates and news on SnoopCon 2025.

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 29

Quote this and share one of your favourite poems

An image of the Philip Larkin poem This Be The Verse, taken from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse . It reads:
“They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids yourself.”

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 28

Aaaaarrrrggghhhh!!! #MissingPiece #Jigsaw

What is supposed to be a thousand piece jigsaw puzzle from dbrand, their “Robot City” pattern. Sadly, a piece appears to have gotten lost along the way, so I only have a nine hundred and ninety nine piece puzzle instead.

A close up showing the missing piece from an otherwise complete thousand piece dbrand “Robot City” jigsaw puzzle. Current location, unknown… 😭

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 27

… as an aside, I’ve gone from owning a few bristles that I’d found on the side of the street to now having literally hundreds and hundreds (maybe thousands? 😝) of the things after recycling whole brush heads… if anyone is after any, give me a shout…

My first attempt at making a Bogotá style triple peak pick from a recycled street sweeper blade (bottom), with two commercial picks (either from Storm, or Mad Bob, I forget which) above it. Mine is not quite as refined, but not bad for a first attempt with only a small file and some sandpaper.

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Physical Security Village @physsec.bsky.social · Nov 11

Any guesses what these are? And what they're going to be for? Hint: it's a much requested physical security-related display at our village!

Drop guesses down below 👇

#ekoparty #roadtoeko #physicalsecurity

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 27

Recycling?? 😎

The back of an estate car, containing two brush heads taken from street sweeper machines. Both used. The steel bristles are to be recycled to make lock picking tools.

A close up picture of the plastic bristles and steel bristles on brush head taken from street sweeper machines. The steel bristles are to be recycled to make lock picking tools.

A large pile of steel bristles recovered from street sweeper brushes - waiting to be cleaned up and recycled into lock picking tools.

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 24

Annoyingly, I can find the receipt, I can’t find any archived messages where i specified the title. Fairly sure it started “Gateshead isn’t in Newcastle…” and ended “… love, autom8on.” - but can’t remember if there was anything in the middle. Surely this should be recorded for posterity somewhere? 😝

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 24

Explains a lot about mine then… 😝🤣 (check out the addition to the end of the alt text tag)

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 24

Surely that’s a black hat’less lab?!? Has the hat fallen off?!? 😝🤣

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 24

Brivan! 😝🤣

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 24

Ah, yes - BSides NotNewcastle, I remember it well(ish). First time Moon on A Stick ever sponsored an event. Obviously, given the location (now it actually is in Newcastle and not south of the river anymore 😝), I’m somewhat biased (#GeordieBornAndBred). Must try and make it again properly next year…

A photo of the back of the first BSides Newcastle hoodie, showing the numerous sponsors (both individuals and groups) who helped make it possible.

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 24

My little dog… 🐶❤️😎

SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 24

Guinness World Records recorded 156.5kg for the world’s heaviest dog (Zorba - an old English mastiff - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorba_(... ) in 1989. Have they really gotten that much bigger since then? My pup is 40kg - wild to imagine a dog the size of 5 of him put together…

Zorba (dog) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Serialgeist @serialgeist.bsky.social · Nov 23

Movie idea around automation taking out users:

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SeCURiTY NiHiLiST @autom8on.bsky.social · Nov 24

“It's unpleasantly like being drunk."

"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"

"You ask a glass of water.”

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.