[Noisebridge-discuss] Unlocking the door via SMS

[Rachel McConnell]

Micah, this is awesome, but let's discuss it for a bit before you go any
further.  I am not sure I like the idea of Anyone, Anytime, having
access... here are my as yet incomplete thoughts:

1. you can get in any time if you have a key
2. you can get in any time if you have an account on pony and internet
access on your phone

these 2 have the similarity that the person arriving has been minimally
vetted by someone who's already trusted... there's a chain of trust
going on, however weak those may be.

3. you can get in any time if someone is in the space

and here, there's someone minimally vetted there to be, well, There...

If we allow access by sms, then the only thing necessary to get in is
knowing the number.  And while we could say, don't give out this number
to anyone unless you would give them a key... well, why not just make
them a key?  I mean, either the SMS option duplicates existing
functionality, in which case why bother; or it opens the floodgates.  So
I'm still not sure whether I like it or not.  I mean, technically I like
it lots.

Thoughts, anyone?

Rachel

Micah Lee wrote:
> I finally got around to making it so I can unlock the Noisebridge door
> from my Android phone, which isn't too hard because I have internet
> access on it. But what about people who don't have internet on their
> phones but still want to unlock the door?
> 
> I just made a Google Voice account and wrote a python daemon that
> checks text messages it receives every 5 seconds, and if it receives
> "open sesame" then it unlocks the door. I haven't actually set it up
> on pony yet or given anyone the number. Should I?
> 
> micah
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