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

[charlie wallace]

>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.

because they know that there are a gazillion other ways to gain entry,
most people trying to break in don't come armed with proxmarks.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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