• jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        the room keys react to magnetic fields, if you had anything magnetic in your pockets, near them, it erases the info on it

        • Ignisnex@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Mythbusters did a bit on that. I seem to recall that unless you’ve got an MRI in your pocket, it should be fine.

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            1 year ago

            I have a magnetic clip wallet, keeps all my credit cards and stuff in place. doesn’t do anything to my cards, but to hotel room keys? those are much more susceptible o the magnetic field. wallet always erases those mfers. now I just keep my room key in an entirely different pocket/place

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            1 year ago

            That was probably permanent magnet cards (pre-made credit cards, membership cards, etc) vs re-writable magnetic cards that can be written to with a desktop machine.

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              Most hotels use reprogrammable RFID cards, not magnetic cards. Hanlon’s razor dictates negligence or incompetence be assumed first. I think it’s more likely that a hotel employee incorrectly programmed the cards, or just didn’t at all before handing them over.

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                1 year ago

                They do these days. They used to use magnetic strip. Some low-budget places probably still do. Or even physical keys.

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                1 year ago

                I vastly prefer the RFID but several of the Homewood Suites and Hampton Inns I stay in each week are still magnetic stripe. I’ve definitely killed one. Used it to unlock my room, but then stuck it in a pocket with my magnetic headphone case when I went to workout

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      1 year ago

      If it’s stupid and it works… but also super dangerous that there’s no password protection on the access key to people’s rooms.