[Noisebridge-discuss] Why not just disable the buzzer?

[Jeffrey Carl Faden]

Yes; me, and my students (who I do not ask to RSVP). No, I will not give them my phone number so I can buzz them in.

Jeffrey

On Oct 25, 2012, at 2:58 PM, tedward <arbzed at gmail.com> wrote:

> So I brought this up a long time ago, but I think it's worth
> mentioning again, given the trending topics here lately.
> 
> What about disabling the remote door buzzer, and maybe even NOT fixing
> the doorbell?  These circuits combined are a fantastic low-effort
> mechanism for letting people in without interacting with them.
> 
> Say we disabled the button at the top of the stairs that lets people
> in.  And, for the sake of argument, we fix the gate lock as Jake
> suggests such that it can not be trivially shimmed.  And let's also
> say we disable unauthenticated buzzing through the HTTP interface.
> 
> In this scenario, in order to gain access, you'd have to:
> 
> a) have a key
> b) have an access code (public events and classes can issue temp codes
> for people who RSVP)
> c) enter at the same time as someone who has one of the above
> d) use your wireless thing that you probably carry with you to summon
> a specific person you know who is already inside the space to let you
> in.
> 
> All these methods require either passing a minimal community trust bar
> or directly interacting with someone at the point of entry who has
> passed that bar.  Do they exclude anyone we want to be able to gain
> access?
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