[NSRCA-discussion] Fw: Hotel Keys- interesting

[billglaze]

Your explanation makes perfect sense to me.  I have noticed that, on those occasions when I decide to extend my stay for a day or so, if I don't have the key updated, it won't open the door.  I always figured that in itself was a good safety factor.
Bill Glaze
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Kersten 
  To: General pattern discussion 
  Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:56 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Fw: Hotel Keys- interesting


        Being in the security / access control systems business, I feel the need to respond to this. Yes, it's all hype. The programming on the cards is nothing more than an access code and expiration date. The reader in the door opens the lock based on this, and if there is any other validation done on the system (i.e. charges to a room, credit approval, age verification, etc.) the reader transmits the info back to the controller card which in turn sends it to a computer system for validation. The info contained on the card itself is pretty much useless.

        Now as far as the shower cameras, well, THAT'S a different story! <grin>

        Bob

        --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Keith Hoard <khoard at gmail.com> wrote:


          From: Keith Hoard <khoard at gmail.com>
          Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Fw: Hotel Keys- interesting
          To: jpavlick at idseng.com, "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
          Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 1:37 PM


          There isn't, the box they use to program the cards is a stand-alone box.

          Now the cameras in the hotel's showers, that's a totally different story. . .


          On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:11 AM, John Pavlick <jpavlick at idseng.com> wrote:

                  I don't understand why there should be any personal information on that card. It only needs to open the door. That's it. 

                  John Pavlick

                  --- On Fri, 4/3/09, billglaze <billglaze at bellsouth.net> wrote:

                    From: billglaze <billglaze at bellsouth.net>
                    Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Fw: Hotel Keys- interesting
                    To: "nsrca- discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
                    Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 1:44 PM


                     
                    I'm forwarding this because we stay in motels/hotels so often at contests.  Has anybody heard of this, or is it another one of these "The sky is falling" things so prevalent on the internet?
                    Bill Glaze  
                    ----- Original Message ----- 
                    From: Ann Meng 
                    To: billglaze at bellsouth.net ; cathyinlakebluff at sbcglobal.net ; rcjustice2000 at yahoo.com ; n.meng at insightbb.com ; smeng at kih.net 
                    Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:20 PM
                    Subject: FW: Hotel Keys- interesting


                      
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