[hackerspaces] RFC: security alarm and access control systems in use

[Brett Dikeman]

A hackerspace I belong to has probably hit the point of needing an alarm
and access control system. I'm wondering what good solutions have been
created - what the "state of the art" is in hackerspace security these days.

https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Doorlock

It'd be awesome if that were updated with any new projects - and if some of
the existing writeups could be updated or better documented; a number of
them say "this writeup needs to get updated" or the writeup is super
sparse. This is a very common and basic need, so more info/guidance would
be very beneficial. Not just what people have made, but tradeoffs, lessons
learned, mistakes made, etc.

Also: why do so many of these hackerspace access control systems use RFID /
proximity cards? Hackerspace people are among the most likely to know how
laughable security is with them, yet so many hackerspaces use them?
It's...weird.

-B
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