Re:When man meets metal: rise of the transhumans
by teddythetwig on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @08:36AM
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Been there :/ I'm not sure what it is, but it seems like hotel keycards are quite low quality devices, because it doesn't happen with credit cards.
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Re:When man meets metal: rise of the transhumans
by rusk on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @08:51AM
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Credit-card is imprinted once for all time; a hotel room key may be imprinted at any time, for each time a guest needs a new key. Presumably the "Read Only" vs "Read/Write" nature of these usecases confers a particular amount of robustness on the former.