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by INGSOCIALITE 481 days ago
i worked as an engineer in an industry that required on-site access to buildings all over manhattan, some residential. all you have to do is hit a couple random buttons on the intercom and 100% of the time one of them would just buzz the lock
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This is pretty much all it takes in any western country. Some areas might require a little more effort but nothing substantial.

In fairness, the blame for this kind of enabling attitude is mostly attributable to me locking myself out of the building and having to buzz my long suffering neighbours at all kinds of ungodly hours. Proud moments.

Could you also lock out specific residents? Or get their daily home arrival patterns for the last few years? Or find unused flats to squat in? IoT still wins. :)