Going on holiday,staying in a hotel room ?

[Abarbarian]

Then watch out.

http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/64946-jacking-hotel-rooms-with-an-arduino-microcontroller

"I plug it in, power it up, and the lock opens," Brocious told Forbes. 
"With how stupidly simple this is, it wouldn't surprise me if a thousand other people have found this same vulnerability and sold it to other governments... An intern at the NSA could find this in five minutes."



 

[Taffycat]

Maybe there was something to be said for the good old 5-lever Chubb after all.

 

[Abarbarian]

Maybe there was something to be said for the good old 5-lever Chubb after all.

Aye old fashioned is good.

 

[muckshifter]

Maybe there was something to be said for the good old 5-lever Chubb after all.

Well, even they can be picked, but it can take nearly 10mins for a master locksmith to pick one.

[edit : video removed to help try and protect the innocent.]

 

[Clairbekki]

Okay, it is not fun if someone knows the vulnerability, just what I am thinking when seeing the slogan on his T-shirt.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Okay, it is not fun if someone knows the vulnerability, just what I am thinking when seeing the slogan on his T-shirt.

It's all fun until somebody loses an eye!

Or a finger.

Or a toe.

Or a part of their middle anatomy that they have become quite fond of over the years.

Or their yearly subscription to Sauce bottle collector's monthly.

Or their favourite key fob.

Or their sanity

The slogan says 'It's fun to use learning for evil'

1) And why not? The greater majority of human beanz on the planet have some form of learning in their formative years and they go on to...?

2) It's only a T-Shirt, perhaps sense of humour implant required here? I have this T-Shirt that says..... Oh, alright, it says 'I'm With Stupid' and has a finger pointing to my left. Very funny eh? You Like? A good rib-teekler you know? Ho ho ho

(I think it's time for my meds and why are the sleeves of this jacket so long? )

 

[alow]

I have heard increasingly about things being stolen from Hotel rooms. Maybe the ease of access is part of the reason why.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Aye, my daughter had her iPhone 3 stolen from her hotel room in Greece a couple of months ago, one of many thefts, apparently, reported at that hotel.