Hotel Locks Defeated by Piece of Wire, Secured by Towel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAkJRpKeyYg

Hotel rooms tend to have locks that utilize magnetic swipe cards — something middling mellow - tech and innately trust . Bad news ? A piece of bent on conducting wire can overcome these lock chamber . Good news ? A towel prevents such low - tech break - indium .

The tool shown in the video recording is n’t just a plain piece of telegram , instead it ’s a special “ government only ” putz , but I ’m trusted that something similar could be constructed or purchased through not - so - legal channels . The point remains that it ’s a act ridiculous that you ’d have to resort to shoving a towel into your doorway handle when you leave your hotel elbow room just in case some guy is smart enough to just circumvent the supposedly secure lock up wholly . [ BlackBag ]