> Worried someone's going surreptitiously copy your key with our service? Not to worry. We don't accept surreptitious or flyby pictures of keys. The key must be held in the person's hand, with their fingers visible. In any case, we require a credit card to ship the key, so in case of fraud, identity can be traced back. We respond swiftly to all inquiry from law enforcement agencies.
The victim wouldn't even know the key was cut by this service. So the friend/plumber/handyman or whoever could just take the picture, get the key cut and then raid the place without anyone knowing.
Indeed. In Germany for example, employees of this company could be tried as accomplices to the crime if it was found that they had duplicated a house key without asking for proof of residence.
This sounds extremely complicated compared to the somewhat more realistic "throw the jewelry in the toolbox and walk out" or the "unlock a window" approach. The most realistic approach is to lie to the customer... "well, we need to special order a left handed crescent wrench and some frequency grease and also do some mold abatement". This is before we get started with outright insurance fraud and the like.
It could happen, but it sounds a lot more like a hollywood movie plot security threat than a real security threat.
My bad, I missed that part. But I still think those conditions are far from sufficient. A sharp picture and a credit card?! Really? How would anyone even resolve that this service was the accessory to the crime?
I like the slowness and hassle of duplicating keys because I know that someone would have to swipe my keys to do that. Not just snap a clear picture.
The future is probably with smarter locks, not enhancing what is broken.
> Keyjacking is not allowed
> Worried someone's going surreptitiously copy your key with our service? Not to worry. We don't accept surreptitious or flyby pictures of keys. The key must be held in the person's hand, with their fingers visible. In any case, we require a credit card to ship the key, so in case of fraud, identity can be traced back. We respond swiftly to all inquiry from law enforcement agencies.