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This is the inside of the door. Seriously.who does this?? All of the doors in the upstairs of our house have their original, beautiful decorative metal knob collars, key plates and hinges, but they were all painted over when someone re- painted the doors. I find it interesting, however, that all the closets had a key plate and evidently, a key that could lock them. I wasn't aware that most people needed to lock their closets, but I suppose they had their reasons!

Source: http://lebeaupaonvictorien.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-and-that-what-could-this-be.html

Ishmaelo has locked me here in the dark. I hope he intends to come back and let me out. What has the Cardinal gotten me into?” He fumbled at the door, trying to find a way out. Nothing. He felt his way around the room, At the bottom of the staircase was a large heavily carved door. “Hold this,” said Brother Ishmaelo, shoving the lamp into Tenirax's hands. He then took out a very large and intricate key, which he shoved into the door, after considerable effort.

Source: http://flashfictionpost.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/tenirax-ch-viii/

Undeterred, I thought I'd go to the front desk and just act like a plus member and ask for the code to the locker room. It turns out this Y doesn't have a key pad code system, they have a card swipe system. Busted!!! Just by asking the wrong She said I could pay $15 per day to use the steam room. I decided to save the $15 and do the next best thing. I snuck in. I loitered outside the door until a member unlocked the door with their card and I just followed them in.

Source: http://trainingpayne.blogspot.com/2010/03/feeling-burn.html

Around 3:30 in the night i woke up, as my bed was sliding around the room and i realized the earthquake. It took me three seconds to have my hand on the doorhandle of the front door, but i had the doors locked. The house started to shake in all It was cracking and i heared glass exploding in the living room. From second to second it got stronger and stronger while i was hecticly trying to stick the right key into the lock of the shaking door in the darkness.

Source: http://www.windsurfing.nl/2010-03/windsurfers-bij-aardbeving-chili

Around 3:30 in the night i woke up, as my bed was sliding around the room and i realized the earthquake. It took me three seconds to have my hand on the doorhandle of the front door, but i had the doors locked. It was cracking and i heared glass exploding in the living room. From second to second it got stronger and stronger while i was hecticly trying to stick the right key into the lock of the shaking door in the darkness. There was a moment when i realized that

Source: http://beachtelegraph.typepad.com/beach_telegraph/2010/03/klaas-quake-story.html

Gazzyboy Castle Escape is another new point and click type room escape game from Gazzyboy. In this game, your object escape from the castle prison for using the hidden object. Good luck and have fun! . Zoom on the door once. Use the cloth on the left side of the door. Wow! They have a shortage of locks in this jail. How convienent. Click the door and leave the cell. Zoom in on the lock of the door across the hall. Use the key (They must figure that you would hate the

Source: http://www.escapegames24.com/2010/03/gazzyboy-castle-escape-walkthrough.html

Those traveling with an iPhone, BlackBerry, NOKIA, Android-based or other Windows-based mobile cell phone can securely obtain an encrypted room key in "full data mode" -- as long as they are staying at a hotel that enables the OpenWays are not expected to be in commercial release prior to 2014, and distributing plastic RFID-based loyalty cards to program members is clearly cost prohibitive, difficult to deploy and capital intensive on the door lock investment side.

Source: http://www.hoteltechresource.com/article44075.html

US based OpenWays launched an application for smartphones (embedded or mobile web-based) that allows travelers to check-in remotely, bypass the front desk and open the door to their room by simply pressing a “key” icon on their mobile device. In that situation, the OpenWays application allows management to neutralize the lost credential in real time without having to walk to any single lock. In addition, the on-line key management of the OpenWays solutions enables

Source: http://www.hotelmarketing.com/index.php/article/an_iphone_app_to_bypass_front_desks_and_open_room_locks/

Both housekeeping and management can get into a "locked" hotel room with trivial difficulty. Those of us with poor manual dexterity have discovered the joys of a good social engineering story and a $20 bill at the right moment. A locked door can't stop a determined intruder. The deterence value lies in an intruder who doesn't not target you specifically. The attraction of an unlocked door is that one can enter without drawing attention to themselves or arousing

Source: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/03/breaking_in_to.html

You can see in the video how he inserts the wire under the door, hooks the handle on the inside and opens the door in a matter of seconds. In a blog post outlining the technique, Barry explains that the tool used to go under the door is Barry also tells us that most electronic door locks for hotel rooms have mechanical overrides that can be opened using a master key. All a would-be hotel thief would need to do is rent a room, take the mechanical lock out of the door

Source: http://hotels.uptake.com/blog/hotel-door-lock-hack-7541.html