SAN FRANCISCO — Every once in a while, an email or Facebook posting makes the rounds sounding alarms over the supposed danger of used hotel card keys. To stay safe, the reasoning goes, travelers must ...

Let the record state that I am not a fan of the plastic hotel room key card. I lose them. I confuse them with credit cards and I fumble trying to figure out which way the card goes into the lock. They ...

Let the record state that I am not a fan of the plastic hotel room key card. I lose them. I confuse them with credit cards and I fumble trying to figure out which way the card goes into the lock. They ...

You might not think twice about this check-in extra, but it could jeopardize your safety Think back to the last time you checked into a hotel. Chances are, you handed over a credit card for ...

Researchers at cybersecurity firm F-Secure have designed a device that can pull data off of hotel key cards and essentially create a master key for an entire hotel. Alarmingly, the key card doesn't ...

When was the last time you used an actual key to unlock the door to your hotel room? It's been a long time. Computerized key card systems took over ages ago. They're mostly a tremendous convenience, ...

Your next hotel room stay may not be as secure as you hope it is. A group of security researchers who were invited to a Las Vegas hotel to identify digital security ...

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Security researchers have built a master key that exploits a design flaw in a popular and widely used hotel electronic lock system, allowing unfettered access to every room in the building. The ...

Technology that allows hotel guests to use their phones as room keys is expanding, taking aim at those environmentally unfriendly plastic cards. By Karen Schwartz The demonstration using the cellphone ...