[1422] Did I Cheat On This Challenge? (Tamper-Sealed Abus)
Why Hacker News recommends it
Referenced in security threads as proof that tamper-evident seals and stickers can be bypassed.
What it is
LockPickingLawyer examines a challenge involving a tamper-sealed Abus lock and shows how the tamper seal can be defeated.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2023 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Cites exabrial · 2023-04 · on “Video shows ‘ghost co-driver’ added to trucker’s ELD to skirt HOS rules”
Tamper seals are enh. I uh… well Hey here’s a YouTube video on it: [this video] And let’s not even discuss software exploits
Cites OmarAssadi · 2023-10 · on “How to mitigate the Hetzner/Linode XMPP.ru MitM interception incident”
Assuming this was done at the government's request, I assume Hetzner is more than willing to comply with a court order mandating they allow them to monitor and physically size a machine. And outside of nation-state requests, even ignoring the fact that someone could probably pay-off an employee, I think ease would depend a lot on the datacenter and target; judging by the awesome and hilarious story behind the Fremont Cabal accidentally becoming an internet exchange by essentially having some dude barely secretly slipping unauthorized cables into the raceways [1], I figure there are a lot of places where if your target is simply renting a couple rack units or single rack rather than an entire
Cites swores · 2025-12 · on “Show HN: Tripwire: A new anti evil maid defense”
The person you replied to didn't explain the full concept - it's not just nail polish, it's nail polish with glitter in to create a unique pattern that the attacker wouldn't be able to replicate. Unfortunately... I've seen a video of somebody defeating this concept before, not by trying to recreate the pattern with new nail polish and glitter, but by using a chemical (I can't remember what) that lets them, gently and very carefully, remove the whole layer of nail polish in one piece rather than having to break it apart, and then afterwards they stuck it back in place such that it looked identical. So it's not as secure an idea as it's often considered to be. Edit: actually my memory was slig