[Noisebridge-discuss] Your Noisebridge door code will soon be deactivated

[Taylor Alexander]

If you like roundabout solutions and use Android, you can download the
source of the noisegate Android app and compile the it with your passcode
hard-coded into it somewhere.

Your real question though was if this is legit, not about the utility of 6
versus 10 digit passcodes, which no one seems to have answered. Does anyone
know if this is legit?


On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Tony Longshanks LeTigre <
anthonyletigre at gmail.com> wrote:

> My code still works. Please don't deactivate it. Thanks.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Larry Ogrodnek <ogrodnek at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Fair enough... I think my cell phone mostly remembers for me, but I guess
>> that's a good enough place to store a key code.
>>
>> My point about the physical location was just that it seems like it's
>> less likely to be the target of a brute force attack and so it seems like
>> there's less of a need to have a larger keyspace... but, no matter, i will
>> comply...
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Martin Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Human beings remembering 10 digit codes that have to be typed into a
>>> physical location?. not possible, excessive, an incredible feat of
>>> memorization!   This was the argument against area codes back during
>>> the late 40's.   Why memorize an area code, when you could just call a
>>> switchboard operator and ask for "San Francisco 6-900"?
>>>
>>> 415-999-9999
>>>
>>> 800-111-2233
>>>
>>> GO-DOG-GO-DOG
>>>
>>> -M
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Larry Ogrodnek <ogrodnek at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I received a bcc'ed email claiming to be to be the response of a key
>>> code
>>> > audit warning that my current door code is too short, and I should
>>> reply
>>> > with my current code and a 10 digit code else my code may be deleted.
>>> >
>>> > Is this legit?  Seems like a possible phishing attempt -- an unprompted
>>> > message asking me for security credentials over email?
>>> >
>>> > If it is legit -- I appreciate the notice and chance to update... maybe
>>> > there's another mechanism though?  again, seems like phishing -- if
>>> you're
>>> > sending the email you know which is my code obviously..
>>> >
>>> > As a second piece of unsolicited feedback, asking a human to memorize
>>> a 10
>>> > digit pin code -- seems excessive for codes that need to be manually
>>> typed
>>> > by someone in a specific physical location?....
>>> >
>>> > Anyway, just some thoughts... The doorcode mechanism is great, thanks
>>> > everyone for all the work involved in keeping it running effectively,
>>> and I
>>> > do appreciate the pro-active messaging.
>>> >
>>> > Apologies if this was already mentioned somewhere...
>>> >
>>> > thanks,
>>> > larry
>>> >
>>> >
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>>>
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