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Re:Hacker Opens High Security Handcuffs With 3D-Printed And ... by pavel_lishin on Monday July 16, 2012 @02:54PM (#4251954)
Easy nitpick, what if one of the officers gets sick, gets injured, or just plain forgets and goes home?
Re:Hacker Opens High Security Handcuffs With 3D-Printed And ... by sophacles on Monday July 16, 2012 @03:11PM (#4252023)
Good question. I don't know, but perhaps an override key. However now that the physical key isn't an open secret, and needed by everyone, they would be easier to secure. And small batches would have a specific key for that batch, but not for all cuffs, making it even harder for the detainee to have the right duplicate on hand.

I feel though that my larger point is getting lost in this thread. It was/is:

Just because a security technology doesn't work for reason $x in situation $y, that doesn't mean that the weaknesses also apply to situation $z.