We installed a single turnstile to feel secure(idiallo.com)
342 points by firefoxd | 170 comments
A blog post by Ibrahim Diallo about a company installing a single turnstile as security theater and how it failed to provide real security.
#physical-security on Hacker News
4 stories tagged physical-security, newest first.
County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security(arstechnica.com)
381 points by MBCook | 177 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that an Iowa county paid $600,000 to settle with pentesters Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn, who were arrested while assessing courthouse security.
10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea(arstechnica.com)
1452 points by Brajeshwar | 535 comments
Ars Technica article on a lock company suing a popular YouTuber who showed its $130 lock being opened with a shim, and the backlash that followed.
Breaking into apartment buildings in five minutes on my phone(ericdaigle.ca)
459 points by ChrisArchitect | 253 comments
Blog post by Eric Daigle describing how default credentials on MESH by Viscount apartment access control panels let him access dozens of buildings from his phone.