Mailbox Master Keys

2020-01-06 12:20

Here's a physical-world example of why master keys are a bad idea.

It's a video of two postal thieves using a master key to open apartment building mailboxes.

Changing the master key for physical mailboxes is a logistical nightmare, which is why this problem won't be fixed anytime soon.

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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/01/mailbox_master_.html

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