Tiny Inconspicuous Handcuff Key

Worth noting that the courts are unlikely to agree with you regarding the "unlawful" nature of the restraints you find yourself in. In other words, this is a good way to escalate a bad situation to way, way worse.

I wouldn&#x27;t support this because: the campaign project members are anonymous (and thus cannot be held accountable), the project is flexibly funded (meaning they get the money either way), and the key IS NOT A UNIVERSAL HANDCUFF KEY.<p>There was a presentation on &quot;The Ultimate Handcuff Key&quot; at CarolinaCon 6: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjfGwRE_DF8&amp;t=29m30s" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=LjfGwRE_DF8&amp;t=29m30s</a> where they demo and give data and measurements for all the handcuffs and keys they could find. They show a calculated &#x27;universal key&#x27;, and how to make it. Notably it has a <i>notch</i> down the center of the blade.<p>Looking at the TIHK, they are very obviously NOT using this design.<p>You can, however, watch the talk and learn how to make one of these keys yourself with a specific handcuff key, a file, and a dremel tool.<p>Slides: <a href="http://deviating.net/lockpicking/slides/cuff_stuff.ppt" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;deviating.net&#x2F;lockpicking&#x2F;slides&#x2F;cuff_stuff.ppt</a>

I foresee a lot of people being surprised to realize that correct handcuff technique has the lock at the back of the hand where itchy fingers won&#x27;t be able to reach.<p><a href="http://www.policemag.com/_Images/articles/PO1202ties-7-2.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.policemag.com&#x2F;_Images&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PO1202ties-7-2.jpg</a>

Why not just have a safe word?

Sounds like a great way to get shot in the head.<p>Does anyone have reliable stats for the number of people illegally held in handcuffs?<p>Or what the best course of action is? I suspect (in the UK) you should stay calm, and polite, and cooperative up to a point, and say nothing without a lawyer, and then sort it out afterwards (and collect some money for wrongful arrest.)

To all the sarcastic commenters here, sounds like none of you have ever been unlawfully cuffed. I&#x27;m happy for you. If you or a loved one ever had been, you would be thankful that products like this exist.

Don&#x27;t they use large thick plastic zipties nowadays? And why would handcuffs use the same kind of keys?

Yeah, and along with that I&#x27;d like a course in kicking the gun pointed at my head out of the holder&#x27;s hand, then using it to shoot the three other guards watching over me. They do it on TV all the time, can&#x27;t be that hard.

This is useful as a novelty for the modern activist, but nothing more. In practical terms it would make most arrest situations far worse.<p>This tool only makes sense for hardcore criminals, with little to lose by running from the police, maybe some law enforcement or military application, and for activism fashionistas.<p>As a hacker, such a simple tool defeating handcuffs is rather cool. Are they all on a single un-keyed unlock tool, like a cheap interior house lock? I&#x27;d expect specific keys matched with specific cuffs.

Did I just watch a video of a series of pictures? Why not just have a 3-5 second motion video?

For the more stylish, white-collar, french-cuffed arrestee (or perhaps kidnap victim): <a href="http://www.sparrowslockpicks.com/product_p/link.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sparrowslockpicks.com&#x2F;product_p&#x2F;link.htm</a>

Sounds like an excellent way to get tazed after resisting arrest by removing handcuffs.

That&#x27;s a great way to get yourself shot by law enforcement.

<i>Evade Unlawful Handcuff Restraint</i>... Right. And their follow-up product will be a tool to open a car door in case you are <i>accidentally</i> trapped in the caged back seat of a car with no internal door handles.

Well I could see this escalating into something more serious than it ought to be. This could how ever be useful for a criminal with nothing to lose which in that case this product could be helping criminals escape.

Anyone else think of Y: The Last Man?<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y:_The_Last_Man" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Y:_The_Last_Man</a>

Why would they make this out of metal versus some other solid material? As it stands, it would be detected by a metal detector, right?

Without sarcasm, a great way to prompt cops to start using zip-ties, which is just a lot more dangerous for everyone.

County jail inmates uncuff themselves all the time (in a matter of seconds) with an industrial-sized staple.

Note: my internet sleuthing skills suggest it is illegal in some states to carry a handcuff key (Florida?)

However Police long ago started to switch to rigid handcuffs to stop people being able to move their hands and manipulate their way out : <a href="http://www.police-supplies.co.uk/handcuffs-keys-pouches/handcuffs/tch-rigid-handcuffs-black-finish/prod_456.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.police-supplies.co.uk&#x2F;handcuffs-keys-pouches&#x2F;hand...</a><p>Since the indiegogo site will have been added to the &#x27;criminal intelligence&#x27; database, every paranoid cop will take extra care.<p>You would be horrified at the number of snopes.com myths cops believe in, so something with the potential to be real will have them in a frenzy.<p>Expect lots of people to be beaten and tazer&#x27;d over the next week or two as a direct result of the hysteria this creates in cops all over the place believing people have a hidden super secret magic handcuff key.

&quot;Unlawful&quot; to me sounds just like a marketing gimmick.

&quot;Evade Unlawful Handcuff Restraint&quot;, indeed. I suppose the order form requires you to pinky-promise that you won&#x27;t use it if lawfully restrained, cross your heart.<p>These guys know very well who their target market is, and it&#x27;s not &quot;law enforcement, military, and security professionals...restrained with their own cuffs&quot;.<p>Be a nice thing to pass on to your friendly neighborhood activists, though. I&#x27;ve known a couple of guys who always kept a lighter in their back pocket to melt through those plastic zip-tie cuffs. When there&#x27;s mass arrests at a protest, it&#x27;s good to be able to help a bunch of hastily-cuffed peaceniks get loose and melt away into the crowd before the paddy wagon shows up. You probably won&#x27;t get everybody, but you&#x27;ll do a lot of good if you can keep the pigs from getting their hands on women and openly gay&#x2F;transgender people.