The App I Used to Break Into My Neighbor’s Home

Re:The App I Used to Break Into My Neighbor’s Home by catshirt on Sunday July 27, 2014 @12:40AM (#8092018)

for those playing along at home, the app he used to break into his neighbor's home is called "my neighbor gave me a key to their home".

if we are willing to call this a "break in" then the app is not the operative concept, it's the social engineering that enabled the guy to give you the fucking key.

might as well have written about the shoes you used to break in with.

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Re:The App I Used to Break Into My Neighbor’s Home by dublinben on Sunday July 27, 2014 @12:59AM (#8092043)

Well, this is Wired we're talking about. You can't expect their writers to go to much more effort than walking upstairs to their apartment.

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Re:The App I Used to Break Into My Neighbor’s Home by aragot on Sunday July 27, 2014 @06:00AM (#8092366)

The article also says:

- The app makes it in 30s,

- "Do Not Reproduce" keys can be reproduced,

- Lock nerds can reproduce keys from a 60-feet picture.

All 3 imply a change of the possibilities and thus, newsworthy.

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Re:The App I Used to Break Into My Neighbor’s Home by catshirt on Sunday July 27, 2014 @06:52AM (#8092435)

> The app makes it in 30s

it says he "spent about 30 seconds in the stairwell scanning his keys". the app doesn't "make" anything in 30 seconds.

> "Do Not Reproduce" keys can be reproduced

"do not reproduce" does not mean "can not reproduce".

> Lock nerds can reproduce keys from a 60-feet picture.

i read "One group of researchers ... could reproduce keys photographed from nearly 200 feet away and at an angle." this is without the app. which is more to my point.

moving on, if the person trusts you enough to give you a key, you don't need it.

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Re:The App I Used to Break Into My Neighbor’s Home by x1798DE on Sunday July 27, 2014 @05:07PM (#8093970)

Lock nerds can also open your lock in less than 30 seconds using lockpicks or door shims or any number of other techniques. Locks are not a very robust technology.

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