Saturday, March 21, 2015

What Could Possibly Go Wrong Dept.: Now you can upload your house key scan to the cloud and get a copy at a kiosk - with your fingerprint


You take a photo of your key with your phone, upload to the https://key.me/ server, then go to a kiosk at a hardware store (soon to be found in Lowes, as well as elsewhere), then I think you enter a code(?) sent to your email address, and ALLOW YOUR FINGERPRINT TO BE SCANNED (also uploaded to their server!), And you can get your key copy. Or they can even be mailed to you. Or to anyone who can break into your email account. Plus I think you can later get another key copy at a kiosk with just your fingerprint. And you can send someone else an email that will allow them to make a copy. I'm not sure I've got all the details correct, due to vagueness in this article and the company website, But I'm sure it involves email accounts and fingerprints.
Article:
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Now you can put your keys in the cloud—your house keys
KeyMe mobile app scans your physical keychain and lets you "download" at Lowe's.

by Sean Gallagher - Mar 20, 2015

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/now-you-can-put-your-keys-in-the-cloud-your-house-keys/
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Company website:
https://key.me/

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'll pass on this "innovation" and stick to the old fashioned way. Physical keys all the way.

Anonymous said...

MY OPINION: PH*CK THE CLOWD!