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My old apartment key still opens the door to a building that's been gone for five years.
I was cleaning out a box and found the key to my first place in Cincinnati. For some reason I drove past the old address yesterday, and the whole block is a new apartment complex. I tried the key on a whim at the mailroom door of the new building, and it turned. Not just a little, it unlocked it. The lock is a modern Schlage, nothing like the old one. Has anyone else had a key work in a place it absolutely shouldn't?
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oliviagrant26d ago
Honestly, that's a major security flaw.
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miles7226d agoMost Upvoted
Tell me about it. My own password habits are the real security flaw here. Still using my dog's name and my high school graduation year. At this point, I'm just hoping hackers have better things to do than mess with my pizza delivery account. Probably not the best plan, but here we are.
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Miles72's password story is just another sign that security is mostly an illusion these days. Makes you wonder how many locks out there are secretly the same?
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