3 ms·

Ghost in the locks – Hotel room locks can be hacked

3 points by badrabbit 9y ago

ColinWright 9y ago
In case you're wondering why this doesn't get the attention and/or discussion you think it deserves, the story has been submitted a few times recently. Here are most of them: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16959293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16959293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16932581 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16932581 <- Discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16930508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16930508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16929857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16929857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16929279 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16929279 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16928496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16928496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16923861 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16923861 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16923661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16923661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921237 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921237 Not the same, but closely related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16952875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16952875
- badrabbit 9y ago
  Thank you,didn't know. But I did post a link to the actual write-up not a news article citing it.
  - ColinWright 9y ago
    You're right, and I might have been a bit quick on the trigger. In this sort of case there needs to be something that highlights this particular submission as being different. Unfortunately the otherwise reasonable policy of always using the article's own headline fights against the idea of the submission title actually saying why this submission is important and/or different. What I do in (the rare) cases like this is immediately add a comment saying why this submission is not like all the others. Sometimes it works.

3 points by badrabbit 9y ago

In case you're wondering why this doesn't get the attention and/or discussion you think it deserves, the story has been submitted a few times recently. Here are most of them: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16959293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16959293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16932581 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16932581 <- Discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16930508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16930508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16929857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16929857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16929279 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16929279 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16928496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16928496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16923861 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16923861 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16923661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16923661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921237 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921237 Not the same, but closely related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16952875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16952875

badrabbit 9y ago
Thank you,didn't know. But I did post a link to the actual write-up not a news article citing it.
- ColinWright 9y ago
  You're right, and I might have been a bit quick on the trigger. In this sort of case there needs to be something that highlights this particular submission as being different. Unfortunately the otherwise reasonable policy of always using the article's own headline fights against the idea of the submission title actually saying why this submission is important and/or different. What I do in (the rare) cases like this is immediately add a comment saying why this submission is not like all the others. Sometimes it works.