On: Lockitron: Keyless entry using your phone

[larrys]

"it's doubtful that lockitron even knows what it's unlocking"

What about if they have a security breach and a command is issued to unlock all locks (or a large number of locks) not a specific target.

Then you have a bunch of doors that are open and the chance certainly exists that random people will enter those doors because they are unlocked.

[tedunangst → larrys]

While I have seen people walking around and trying doors, it's rare and it attracts a lot of attention. There's something of a herd immunity effect from door locking. As long as most doors are locked, a couple unlocked doors don't matter.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/garden/14nolock.html?_r=0