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> An electronic keypad might work, still need electricity but it is a lot simpler. There are mechanical keypads where you have to press three buttons simultane

> An electronic keypad might work, still need electricity but it is a lot simpler. There are mechanical keypads where you have to press three buttons simultaneously. > Although you'll always get somebody who doesn't make the link. I once came home to see the apartment block superintendent overseeing the installation of a new mechanical keypad. The door was covered with sticky notes saying "130" over and over again, but I still almost asked him what the new code was going to be.

bee_rider 4y ago
>> An electronic keypad might work, still need electricity but it is a lot simpler. [...] or a combination lock [...] > There are mechanical keypads where you have to press three buttons simultaneously. The combination lock has the benefit of being a little more familiar. >> Although you'll always get somebody who doesn't make the link. > I once came home to see the apartment block superintendent overseeing the installation of a new mechanical keypad. The door was covered with sticky notes saying "130" over and over again, but I still almost asked him what the new code was going to be. It makes sense that you'd be confused -- what's the point of a keypad with the combination on the door? Unless bears are breaking into the apartment! This does seem to indicate a problem with the keypad/combination lock idea though. Since most people are familiar with them as a form of human-blocking access control, they might not assume the number above is the password (somebody might think it is an ID number for the garbage can, for example).