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

[Torrie Fischer]

for years and years and years and years, Noisebridge got along just fine 
without access control. Pretty much everyone on the planet has a key by now.

Having said that, we use this now:

https://github.com/hzeller/rfid-access-control

On Monday, June 15, 2015 08:47:37 PM Brett Dikeman 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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