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by IshKebab 1472 days ago
No that's still wrong. The inside panel is the only thing doing any validation. The front panel more or less is dumb IO.

The vulnerability really is in the inside panel and changing the outside panel to just be a keypad wouldn't have prevented the mistake.
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jaywalk 1471 days ago
No, you're misunderstanding. The front panel is validating that the factory code is entered correctly before it allows the lock code to be reset. If the front panel were just dumb I/O, the inside panel would have to validate the factory code before allowing the lock code to be reset.
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