• TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Most hotels use reprogrammable RFID cards, not magnetic cards. Hanlon’s razor dictates negligence or incompetence be assumed first. I think it’s more likely that a hotel employee incorrectly programmed the cards, or just didn’t at all before handing them over.

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      1 year ago

      They do these days. They used to use magnetic strip. Some low-budget places probably still do. Or even physical keys.

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      1 year ago

      I vastly prefer the RFID but several of the Homewood Suites and Hampton Inns I stay in each week are still magnetic stripe. I’ve definitely killed one. Used it to unlock my room, but then stuck it in a pocket with my magnetic headphone case when I went to workout