RFID keys and security?

[2Tiggies]

You have to touch the door pad with the key/band.

Yes, someone could pick up a lost key card and theoretically try every door in the resort.

Could they do it easily and without being noticed? Probably not.

Solution? Pick a really large spread out resort with lots of room

 

[umichigan10]

Solution? Pick a really large spread out resort with lots of room

And go to the pool furthest from your room

 

[mikat]

Concerns if my child would lose their band or ticket at the resort and someone would find it. Could they just walk down the hall and listen for a lock to go off.

I read all the time about people getting things stolen poolside. This will not make the take even more beneficial for thieves.

No one's mentioned two important aspects of OP's comments. The first is the concern about a child losing their band or ticket. WDW will be able to control levels of access on the KTTW / Magicbands. I've just returned from a trip to Great Wolf Lodge, which uses RFID wristbands for all of their facilities. It's a resort with a huge indoor water park. I set each of our bands to different levels. So My husband and I had room access and charging privileges. My oldest son and his friend had room access. My youngest didn't have any access on his band - it was used as an entrance ticket only. So if your kids are prone to leave their stuff lying out by the pool, don't give them key access or charging access.

Second, OP was worried about things getting lost poolside. This is the great thing about the wristbands. They're waterproof and you're much less likely to lose them than your KTTW. My youngest had some sensory issues last year at Great Wolf Lodge so they let him put it on his ankle instead of his wrist. My kids had no problem with them this time, they never fell off, and you forget that they're there after a time. So much more secure than a keycard!

We've always enjoyed the experience at Great Wolf, and as long at WDW makes sure their technology is working correctly (unlike their website, which is currently driving my nuts!) I'm looking forward to the RFID tech.

 

[cixel_SID]

If you're concerned about the security of an RFID room access system, you should understand the level of security of the system that it replaces; namely a card based room access system in which an encoded key card is inserted into the door lock to gain access to the room. According to published reports, the most popular brand of card access system in use in US hotels (over 4 million locks in use) was hacked in 2012. With readily available hardware costing under $50 and a piece of publicly available software, those card access locks could be opened in well under 1 second. In other words, someone didn't even need to take your key card to open those room locks!

 

[Tekneek]

With readily available hardware costing under $50 and a piece of publicly available software, those card access locks could be opened in well under 1 second. In other words, someone didn't even need to take your key card to open those room locks!

Yep. Onity got owned by having atrocious design on those locks. It might never have been revealed if Cody Brocious had not gone public with it. We can be sure he wasn't the first person to discover it. He was just the first person to talk about it in public.