[NSRCA-discussion] Fw: Hotel Keys- interesting

[Tom Collins]

This is false and a hoax. No personal information is recorded on the key, only date and times for access. Read it on Snopes.com

 

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp

 

 

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From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of billglaze
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:49 PM
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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

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From: Bob Kersten <mailto:bobbo35 at yahoo.com>  

To: General pattern discussion <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>  

Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:56 PM

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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

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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 <http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jpavlick@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 <http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=billglaze@bellsouth.net> > wrote:

From: billglaze <billglaze at bellsouth.net <http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=billglaze@bellsouth.net> >
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Fw: Hotel Keys- interesting
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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  

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Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:20 PM

Subject: FW: Hotel Keys- interesting

 

  

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