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A Problem Squared

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How to Remove Security Tags From Underwear

Last time he was in Australia, Becki bought a two pack of underwear that came with a security tag holding them together. He tried to open it with a very powerful magnet because we figured that was how it should be done. But when he went back to the same shop - Big W - he found out they've got a whole device which works like lock picking. 'I could go in there now with the undies on the receipt, and then they would take off the tag but I still would not know how that tag works,' says Becki. "We can't share it because you're teaching people... It's an academic pursuit"

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