[Noisebridge-discuss] Unlocking the door via SMS

[Micah Lee]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Ani Niow <v at oneletterwonder.com> wrote:
> Jeffery and I set up a Google Voice account for this very purpose
> though neither of us did anything with it yet.
>
> The number is 415-76-DRAMA if you want to use it.

The Google Voice number I got has H4X0R in it...

> This does bring up some security issues however. We were just talking
> on IRC about the possibility that anyone, anywhere could open the door
> with or without anyone already being in the space which some people
> were concerned about. How would your implementation address this?

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <jacob at appelbaum.net> wrote:
> It's also possible to have the script only open the door if the user
> knows a shared secret. We could put up a display in the space with "this
> weeks sms password" for the door - this should stop random people from
> opening the door if they have zero connection to the space. It should
> however let new people leave and come back quite easily when they go out
> for food. Perhaps well before they've been gifted a key...

Jake's idea of a shared secret could work. Right now the script only
unlocks the door if you text it "open sesame", but it would simple
enough to change that phrase each week. And the shared secret can be
posted in the space somewhere.

micah