For those interested in the back story... Back in the 40-60s(ish) people who are now commonly referred to as "hackers" were getting their start in the MIT Tech

For those interested in the back story... Back in the 40-60s(ish) people who are now commonly referred to as "hackers" were getting their start in the MIT Tech Model Rail Road club. They would get together and build model trains and tracks and hack together really neat ideas (neat if you're into trains at least). A lot of these same people were involved in the computer program, as well as general security. Lockpicking was sort of a game between a lot of the students as a way to hack their way into systems, just not in a digital sense. Many of them actually took mail in classes to become certified locksmiths just to get the special tools that were only legally allowed to be sold to locksmiths. In Stephen Levy's "Hackers", there is even a story of how the school bought a new military grade safe to keep components in the computer lab safe from prying eyes, but the installer forgot to leave a key. One of the students that the safe was supposed to keep out was asked to pick the lock, and did so with relative ease.