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So wait a sec, do you open the door to anyone without checking who is it?

philip1209 8y ago
Yeah, I feel like this needs to grab a screenshot from a security camera first, or perhaps ask the person why they are there and auto-transcribe the message to Slack with their request.
- quiq 8y ago
  I think they would definitely also want to send ~5 seconds of the plain audio. Freely available speech to text probably wouldn't recognize local business names. But either way it's pretty inconvenient to ring a doorbell and wait ~30 seconds. You never realize how valuable a receptionist is until you don't have one.
cjrp 8y ago
I was hoping it would take a screenshot of the doorbell video (assumed it was a Nest or Ring) and send that in the Slack message. v2.0 maybe?
hayksaakian 8y ago
That's the first thing I wondered. Seems like it defeats the purpose of the landlords system of verifying you actually want to open the door for the person there. I suspect they'd be better off switching to a RFID / nfc swipe system
THE_PUN_STOPS 8y ago
If that’s true, then on top of that, they’ve now broadcasted that fact to the world. And they’re a payment services company.
- adriaanmol 8y ago
  You guys are right about that. But first to be clear. This is NOT our HQ, but an office not working on our core- platform. People sitting in this office can look out of the window to see who's standing at the door before opening the door. Also, please note, this was just a fun small project for us. Making an image with a camera and posting to Slack would be better. We had much fun making this without putting a lot effort in it, that was for now the point. We are aware of all the security issues and are not using this in production at our main office.
Justin_K 8y ago
Seriously, may as well stick a wedge in the door during business hours, there's no difference.
- isostatic 8y ago
  Not just business hours. Go there on thanksgiving and it will open.
moonbug 8y ago
That's going to play well during a PCI-DSS audit.

Yeah, I feel like this needs to grab a screenshot from a security camera first, or perhaps ask the person why they are there and auto-transcribe the message to Slack with their request.

quiq 8y ago
I think they would definitely also want to send ~5 seconds of the plain audio. Freely available speech to text probably wouldn't recognize local business names. But either way it's pretty inconvenient to ring a doorbell and wait ~30 seconds. You never realize how valuable a receptionist is until you don't have one.

cjrp 8y ago

I was hoping it would take a screenshot of the doorbell video (assumed it was a Nest or Ring) and send that in the Slack message. v2.0 maybe?

hayksaakian 8y ago

That's the first thing I wondered. Seems like it defeats the purpose of the landlords system of verifying you actually want to open the door for the person there. I suspect they'd be better off switching to a RFID / nfc swipe system

THE_PUN_STOPS 8y ago

If that’s true, then on top of that, they’ve now broadcasted that fact to the world. And they’re a payment services company.

adriaanmol 8y ago
You guys are right about that. But first to be clear. This is NOT our HQ, but an office not working on our core- platform. People sitting in this office can look out of the window to see who's standing at the door before opening the door. Also, please note, this was just a fun small project for us. Making an image with a camera and posting to Slack would be better. We had much fun making this without putting a lot effort in it, that was for now the point. We are aware of all the security issues and are not using this in production at our main office.

Justin_K 8y ago

Seriously, may as well stick a wedge in the door during business hours, there's no difference.

isostatic 8y ago
Not just business hours. Go there on thanksgiving and it will open.

moonbug 8y ago

That's going to play well during a PCI-DSS audit.