A knife can make quick work of them.Īs Motherboard has previously reported, TikTok has repeatedly removed videos from some cybersecurity-focused creators under different parts of the site’s terms of use.
MakeItHackin also looked into stickers which are often used to protect DVDs in shops. For covering up the tag, criminals also use so-called “booster bags,” which are lined with aluminum for carrying items across the security line.Īs well as removing the tag or covering it up to get passed security scanners, there is a third option: destroying the tag. A rubber band can work, too, and a plastic bag will do the trick. Some of them worked, including, most surprisingly to MakeItHackin, a non-lubricated condom for removing some of the tags attached to clothing. Part of the fun of putting his research on TikTok, MakeItHackin explained, was that commenters would suggest different bypasses to try. But if you don’t have one of these magnets-MakeItHackin said Amazon and other online retailers don’t sell magnets of a certain strength-you’re going to need another way to get the tag off. Ordinarily, many of these tags are opened by authorized employees with a powerful magnet as part of the system at the cashiers desk. At the time of the call, MakeItHackin said they had around 20 to 30 different types of tags in all. On eBay, MakeItHackin brought around a thousand tags, sometimes with a bundle of a hundred being the same type, he said. In response, MakeItHackin made their own clip sharing information about wrapping a security tag in aluminum foil as a sort of DIY Faraday cage. A user there had made a viral TikTok asking others to share information that isn’t illegal, but feels like it should be. MakeItHackin then did some experiments and found that a Faraday cage would block the signals emitting from a shoplifting tag.įast forward to 2020, during the pandemic, when one of MakeItHackin’s friends said he should make a TikTok. That can include mobile phones, for instance. In one of those classes, they learned about Faraday cages, which are objects that can block electromagnetic signals from a device. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, or graduated from a California State university in 2010 with a degree in physics. “I’m not trying to steal stuff I'm just interested in how these things work,” MakeItHackin told Motherboard in a phone call before the talk.ĭo you have any more information on these tags or techniques? We'd love to hear from you. This is the work of MakeItHackin, a security researcher who has dived into the world of shop security tags and who presented their work at the HOPE hacking conference this weekend.
A satisfying pop shows that the tag has been removed. The person filming the video then proceeds to jam the screwdriver into the tag and pry it open.
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