JESUIT - gadget@TTS -Ep22- MyKey2300 RFID Lock

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Want a more secure lock? Sick and tired of forgetting your keys and getting locked out? Need an easy way to give access to your house without compromising security? Don't have a bed of money? If you answered "yes" to any of these question, then you may want to take a look at the MyKey2300 RFID Lock.

This heavy-duty deadbolt unit has no tumbler, no pins and no keys. Instead it uses a RFID sensor and an electronic keypad to provide keyless entry. Easy to install, the MyKey2300 might be the uberGeek security device for those for whom a key is sooooo last millenium.

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Category:

Science & Technology

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• MyKey2300
• RFID
• deadbolt
• lock
• fob
• keypad
• brando
• thinkgeek
• biometric
• jesuit
• jesuits
• ballecer
• catholic
• apostolic
• calprov

[MonsterMadden12]

What happens when the batteries die

[gadgettts]

@MonsterMadden12,

4:30



[peterfrankjohnson]

Someone could vandalise the unit by hooking up over 22 volts to the 9v pins and fry the chips inside rendering the device useless and the occupant locked out of the house.

This action could also potentially supply power to the deadbolt and open the door in an incredibly simple manner.

Someone could clone the RFID chip, or the USB card or watch you enter the code.

This makes your house more insecure seeing as there were two problems with normal locks, copying the keys and picking the lock.

[gadgettts]

peterfranjohnson,

1. They passed ~1 million volts through the unit and it didn't do anything to the electronics.

2. Yes you can clone, but this is EXTREMELY short-range RFID. They would have to be within 3 feet of you and the lock.

3. There is NOTHING more insecure than a physical tumbler lock. I can pick one of those in under a minute... and I'm not that good at it.

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Peace,

Fr. Robert

[izlude2]

@gadgettts i've got some microwave emitters that are pretty pocket sized... though i wouldn't dare put it in my pocket :P how would the chips fare against the microwaves? i made the emitters as a side project when i was taking the transformers for some tesla coils.

[gadgettts]

@izlude2,

Even the most powerful pocket microwave emitter would probably not affect a circuit board that was enclosed in a block of steel.

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Peace,

Fr. Robert

[curtmondo]

where do you actually buy these from?

[KitCloudkickerUK]

Pleased Someone can Remember Talespin.Kudos ( :P))

Over time any lock can be picked providing You have the right tools, Skill and time to do it in, They Could have given the owner the choice of Cylinder to put in the lock such as the Abloy protec or Evva MCS.

[gadgettts]

KitCloudKickerUK,

First... love the TaleSpin reference!

Second, I think they were more concerned about a "secure Mechanical override" (aka "a lock") would defeat one of the main purposes of the lock, which is that it CANNOT be picked. (ANY mechanical lock can be picked.)

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Peace,

Fr. Robert

[KitCloudkickerUK]

A secure Mechanical override would have been appreciated.

Perhaps they should have thought about that, perhaps they did but just being too cheap to put one on.