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

[Paul Brown]

"Hackerspace people are among the most likely to know how laughable
security is with them, yet so many hackerspaces use them?"

Here's a good podcast that covers a related topic:
http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/perfect-security/

tl;dr: "It’s not just locks that keep us safe—it’s the existing social
order."


On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 7:47 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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