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posted by mrpg on Thursday May 09 2019, @02:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-battery dept.

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

Tenants at a property in New York City just struck a deal in what is both a wildly reasonable ask but also a crucial precedent at a time of increasing surveillance—their landlord has to give them physical keys to their building.

Five tenants in Hell’s Kitchen sued their landlord in March after the owners installed a Latch smart lock on the building last year. It is unlocked with a smartphone, and reportedly granted tenants access to the lobby, elevator, and mail room. But the group that sued their landlords saw this keyless entry as harassment, an invasion of privacy, and simply inconvenient.

“We are relieved that something as simple as entering our home is not controlled by an internet surveillance system and that because we will now have a mechanical key they will not be tracking our friends and our family,” 67-year-old tenant Charlotte Pfahl, who has lived in the building for 45 years, told the New York Post.

Source: After Smart Lock Allegedly Traps Senior in Apartment, Tenants Sue for Physical Keys and Win


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  • (Score: 2) by Farkus888 on Thursday May 09 2019, @07:28AM

    by Farkus888 (5159) on Thursday May 09 2019, @07:28AM (#841236)

    Google lock sport and or locksport. There isn't much cruft on this subject. Picks are cheap, your real expense will be a collection of locks to play with. Buy some CHEAP locks to start. They will be easier and you don't want to start with the hardest lock. You can get there with practice but you don't want to get discouraged and quit before you've started.

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