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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by scrollaway on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:15PM (#19537645)
In every apartment I've lived in with such difficult-to-duplicate keys (such as magnetic locks and what not), I've been ask whether I want a second set; and/or the owner told me to ask them should that ever be the case.

Not quite sure what's different with that situation from before, other than slightly cheaper keys.

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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by Faaak on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:43PM (#19537859)
In Switzerland I've always changed the locks to my apartment and its garage.

1) The landlord is _never_ allowed to enter your house 2) In an emergency, the firemen would just break the door.

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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by detaro on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:49PM (#19537908)
GP was talking about the entrance to the building, not the apartment. Having your own keys to the apartment doesn't help much if you only have one key to get into the building.
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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by scrollaway on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:29PM (#19538148)
Yep, sorry for the lack of clarity. I assumed we were talking about building entrances, I've never had magnetic locks on an apartment itself.
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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by lovich on Sunday March 31, 2019 @11:19PM (#19540172)
In parts of the US I have lived in at least, not letting the landlord in under certain conditions allows the landlord to evict you or go after you for damages. There is no way to never let them in
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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by nemothekid on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:19PM (#19537680)
In my experience, in San Francisco, the owner will only give you a key for every name on the lease.
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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by SubiculumCode on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:31PM (#19537774)
Nevertheless, you can at least hand a person (e.g. your visiting parents) your key so they can open the door without you.
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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by Scoundreller on Sunday March 31, 2019 @09:12PM (#19539615)
Some buildings (or just the owners?) keep the copy for cleaners in a realtors lock box. Doesn’t stop a sophisticated attacker, but probably does the job when you want to fire the cleaner.
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