Robotic Kiosk Stores Digital Copies of Physical Keys

An anonymous reader writes "The New York Daily News reports that a startup company in Manhattan is putting robotic key copying machines in 7-Eleven stores. The machines can automatically create physical copies of common apartment and office keys. What's more interesting is that they allow users to save digital copies of their keys, which can later be created when the original is lost or the user is locked out of their home."

Comments

What could possibly go wrong?

[Simulant]

May as well just get rid of physical keys altogether.

Re:What could possibly go wrong?

[Smidge204]

Crowbar marks, splintered door jams and broken glass are evidence of forced entry.

Using a key leaves no evidence and may not even raise suspicion should anyone see you do it.
=Smidge=

Re:IAALS

[adolf]

That may cause problems if the fire department wants to get in in a hurry, for example if your house is on fire.

If the maximum level of security for a home is governed by a fireman's ability to break in, then we're done here. There's nothing left to discuss.