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I just hope the keys are not his home/office keys. Please do not secure the access to your digital life with an U2F token and break the security of your real li

by Loic 10y ago

I just hope the keys are not his home/office keys. Please do not secure the access to your digital life with an U2F token and break the security of your real life by putting a picture of your keys in the open...

05 10y ago
Those are pretty low security keys, just picking the lock might be easier than going to trouble of making them from the picture..
conorpp 10y ago
The keys used for the picture are not used. But yes it is not a good practice to post pictures of door keys.
the_mitsuhiko 10y ago
You should not be using low security keys for home and office in the first place.
- mathgeek 10y ago
  Only a plebe would secure their basement door with anything less than 2FA and 1024 bits of encryption.
  - the_mitsuhiko 10y ago
    On a more serious note I had something like this in mind: http://www.evva.at/products/mechanical-locking-systems/mcs-locking-system/technology/en/ http://www.evva.at/products/mechanical-locking-systems/mcs-l...
- toomanybeersies 10y ago
  Plenty of people rent, and can't easily change the locks or add more locks to the house. Upon saying that, I've added extra locks (bedroom locks) to the past 2 houses I've lived in, and the landlord had no issues, but that's student flats and cheap landlords. That's not to mention that it's a lot easier to just break a window than pick a lock. I have never heard of a burglar breaking into a house by picking the lock. The sort of people that burgle residential houses tend not to be the sort of people with the skill, intelligence and finesse to pick locks.
  - JshWright 10y ago
    > That's not to mention that it's a lot easier to just break a window than pick a lock. Or in the case of residential interior doors, lean on the door kinda hard...
jdietrich 10y ago
It makes almost no difference in any practical scenario, because conventional pin-tumbler locks are comprehensively broken. They can be opened instantly by an unskilled person using a $5 bump key. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5fLgxqWvJQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5fLgxqWvJQ Impressioning from a photo only poses a meaningful threat to genuinely high-security lock systems like the Abloy Protec or the ASSA Twin.
sanderp 10y ago
Wow I actually never thought of the implications of doing that. Thanks!

by Loic 10y ago

05 10y ago

Those are pretty low security keys, just picking the lock might be easier than going to trouble of making them from the picture..

conorpp 10y ago

The keys used for the picture are not used. But yes it is not a good practice to post pictures of door keys.

the_mitsuhiko 10y ago

You should not be using low security keys for home and office in the first place.

mathgeek 10y ago
Only a plebe would secure their basement door with anything less than 2FA and 1024 bits of encryption.
- the_mitsuhiko 10y ago
  On a more serious note I had something like this in mind: http://www.evva.at/products/mechanical-locking-systems/mcs-locking-system/technology/en/ http://www.evva.at/products/mechanical-locking-systems/mcs-l...
toomanybeersies 10y ago
Plenty of people rent, and can't easily change the locks or add more locks to the house. Upon saying that, I've added extra locks (bedroom locks) to the past 2 houses I've lived in, and the landlord had no issues, but that's student flats and cheap landlords. That's not to mention that it's a lot easier to just break a window than pick a lock. I have never heard of a burglar breaking into a house by picking the lock. The sort of people that burgle residential houses tend not to be the sort of people with the skill, intelligence and finesse to pick locks.
- JshWright 10y ago
  > That's not to mention that it's a lot easier to just break a window than pick a lock. Or in the case of residential interior doors, lean on the door kinda hard...

jdietrich 10y ago

It makes almost no difference in any practical scenario, because conventional pin-tumbler locks are comprehensively broken. They can be opened instantly by an unskilled person using a $5 bump key. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5fLgxqWvJQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5fLgxqWvJQ Impressioning from a photo only poses a meaningful threat to genuinely high-security lock systems like the Abloy Protec or the ASSA Twin.

sanderp 10y ago

Wow I actually never thought of the implications of doing that. Thanks!