Comments on: Keyhole design improvements, old and new http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 09:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-784440 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784440 There's some subtext to that second ad, but I can't quite put my finger on it. (Phwoar!) There’s some subtext to that second ad, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. (Phwoar!)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-784469 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784469 Indeed, at the University where I work the default is unlocked, so if you forget your keys on the evening or weekend you just need to hope that the power has gone out at some point since Friday. Makes the good old lock and key seem more reasonable. Indeed, at the University where I work the default is unlocked, so if you forget your keys on the evening or weekend you just need to hope that the power has gone out at some point since Friday. Makes the good old lock and key seem more reasonable.

]]> By: InsertFingerHere http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-783991 InsertFingerHere Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783991 I wonder what *IS* new and wonderful in the world of locks? My next house, I don't want keys.. I want a little fob and a swipe pad. It works in offices, why not the home? Normal locks can be bumped so easily, and the deadbolt in the middle isn't very effective in keeping a door closed. Not a fan of the number pads on door handles though, and those fingerprint readers are useless. I wonder what *IS* new and wonderful in the world of locks? My next house, I don’t want keys.. I want a little fob and a swipe pad. It works in offices, why not the home? Normal locks can be bumped so easily, and the deadbolt in the middle isn’t very effective in keeping a door closed. Not a fan of the number pads on door handles though, and those fingerprint readers are useless.

]]> By: wgmleslie http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-784517 wgmleslie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784517 Andy Capp made do with a funnel. Andy Capp made do with a funnel.

]]> By: BobbyMike http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-783757 BobbyMike Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783757 Hmmmm... seems like water would flow into that lock quite easily. That would cause problems in colder climes. Hmmmm… seems like water would flow into that lock quite easily. That would cause problems in colder climes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-783758 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783758 So now stuff gets collected to gunk up the locking mechanism? So now stuff gets collected to gunk up the locking mechanism?

]]> By: Duffong http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-783761 Duffong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783761 That first pic's tech is about as old as brick and stone castles. They were originally made that way so drunk folk could easily find their key in the hole while stumbling through dark and gloomy halls. [/Rick Steves - Travel Nerd] That first pic’s tech is about as old as brick and stone castles. They were originally made that way so drunk folk could easily find their key in the hole while stumbling through dark and gloomy halls. [/Rick Steves - Travel Nerd]

]]> By: k1p http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-783765 k1p Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783765 I remember the mink cover from when I was a kid. Now I get it. I remember the mink cover from when I was a kid. Now I get it.

]]> By: bluefelix5 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-783766 bluefelix5 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783766 Um... the second pic looks like a dirty minded joke dressed up in clean language for a kid's magazine. Um… the second pic looks like a dirty minded joke dressed up in clean language for a kid’s magazine.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-783770 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783770 Both are examples of a sad state of affairs for the human race. Both are examples of a sad state of affairs for the human race.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-783774 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783774 ...now look at the first pic upside down... …now look at the first pic upside down…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-784039 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784039 Keep a geezer with a shotgun on the porch. Then you don't need no stinkin' locks. Keep a geezer with a shotgun on the porch. Then you don’t need no stinkin’ locks.

]]> By: Nevermore http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-784065 Nevermore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784065 A door merkin? Man, I thought I had seen it all… A door merkin? Man, I thought I had seen it all…

]]> By: vreiner http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-784588 vreiner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784588 My age-addled brain tells me that Wimpy used this same trick in a Popeye cartoon trying to put a key in the door of an idling car which was vibrating so significantly that he couldn't do it otherwise. My age-addled brain tells me that Wimpy used this same trick in a Popeye cartoon trying to put a key in the door of an idling car which was vibrating so significantly that he couldn’t do it otherwise.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-783821 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783821 Yup. Here's an old pic from the castle in Cochem, Germany: http://www.pbase.com/image/4560728 Yup. Here’s an old pic from the castle in Cochem, Germany:
http://www.pbase.com/image/4560728

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-783822 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-783822 Bah. Radium paint is cheap and plentiful. Bah. Radium paint is cheap and plentiful.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/10/keyhole-design-impro.html#comment-784119 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784119 From your post, it sounds like you want an RFID passkey system. They have their own perils and pitfalls. If they default to an open position, all one needs do is force the system to reset or reboot. If they default to a locked position to prevent such attacks being effective, you have added user annoyance or even endangerment when the system crashes or the power goes out. Imagine you wake up to an electrical fire in your home and all your doors are magnetically sealed and unresponsive to your keys. "Security tokens" and similar passkeys with embedded RFID tags can be read and copied just as easily as a normal key can be pressed into a blank. They're also typically not as sturdy as a standard key, and are more easily damaged or destroyed. No matter what kind of lock you have, ultimately if someone wants to get into your home they will find a way to either defeat or circumvent your locks. All locks ever do is deter amateurs and annoy home owners. ~D. Walker From your post, it sounds like you want an RFID passkey system.

They have their own perils and pitfalls. If they default to an open position, all one needs do is force the system to reset or reboot. If they default to a locked position to prevent such attacks being effective, you have added user annoyance or even endangerment when the system crashes or the power goes out. Imagine you wake up to an electrical fire in your home and all your doors are magnetically sealed and unresponsive to your keys.

“Security tokens” and similar passkeys with embedded RFID tags can be read and copied just as easily as a normal key can be pressed into a blank. They’re also typically not as sturdy as a standard key, and are more easily damaged or destroyed.

No matter what kind of lock you have, ultimately if someone wants to get into your home they will find a way to either defeat or circumvent your locks. All locks ever do is deter amateurs and annoy home owners.

~D. Walker

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