And he hasn't released the source code and hardware specs yet. So, although I think he should have contacted the vendor (even if that could have been inconvenient for him) before going public, he still hasn't made it trivial for a third party to go around robbing unattended hotel rooms. It's his choice but I would appeal to him to not do that.

Full disclosure is a lot of fun, and it increases the status of geeks like us, so it's really to approve of it. I did when I was in college.