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."

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Re:What could possibly go wrong?

[Charliemopps]

I used to think this to. Then, about 10 years ago, an apartment complex I lived in turned on the heat for the winter. It was set to 65. This is when I realized that I had no thermostat in the apartment. They told me there was no way to turn it up, it was a "fixed system" uh huh... after a bit of exploring I found a locked door in the basement. I did a couple of internet searches, watched some videos and an hour later I was standing in the now unlocked utility room looking at a VERY adjustable thermostat which then got set to 75 for the rest of the winter. When it got too hot we'd just open a window.

And just for clarification, picking a dead-bolt by a complete novice that had never done it before took all of 2min.