[schrodinger]

I always figured that Hotel locks only need to keep honest people out - it's just got to be hard enough that most people don't mess with it.

Wouldn't it be way easier to sneak in when a maid isn't looking or social engineer the front desk into giving you a key to a room? And once you do, you're on camera anyway.

It's just like most houses.. Sure they have locks, but it's usually trivial to break a back window to get in. It's morals and jail that keep people out... Not the front lock.