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A KEY component to campus access control? If you stay in a hotel that still issues a traditional metal key you are likely to be staying in either a quaint bed-and-breakfast or a decrepit motor lodge.

Modern smartphone technology is about to make hotel room keys historical relics. Luxury hotel company Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced today that it will begin installing ...

Guests at two boutique hotels in Manhattan and Cupertino will soon be able to skip the check-in desk and go directly to their room, using an iPhone app to unlock the door. The WSJ reports that the ...

The locks on more than 1 million guestroom doors are in various stages of being repaired, following the revelation this summer that they may be vulnerable to hackers. The New York Marriott Marquis, ...

I was recently in Norway, staying at Oslo's Christiana Hotel, a modern four-star property with the latest in electronic door locks. They installed the RFID-based system that is finding wide acceptance ...

Researchers have developed a simple exploit capable of unlocking all of the doors at more than 10,000 hotels worldwide. Saflok-brand RFID-based keycard locks have been around for 36 years. But only in ...

If you’re staying at hotel, it might be a good idea to check the manufacturer of your door lock. A black hat hacker has unveiled a method that allows a fairly simple hardware gadget to unlock door ...

It's not a *flaw* in the door locks. It works by inserting the plug of a custom-made device into the port of an electronic lock to access the digital key that in turn accesses the opening mechanism.

Guests at two boutique hotels in Manhattan and Cupertino will soon be able to skip the check-in desk and go directly to their room, using an Android app to unlock the door. The WSJ reports that the ...