How I hacked my apartment building

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That's pretty cool although there is an enormous security issue with this. Now anyone that sees the video and/or reads the post, can pretty easily (a quick google search) determine where you live, and has free access to your building. If I were a fellow tenant, I would probably be a little upset if I found out that anyone could bypass the security of the building because of another tenant hacking the phone system. One idea to increase security may be to have to push a button on the keypad once the Twilio number answers to trigger a different script.

Agreed! That is why I removed the hack after I posting. The current system requires a pin.

Appreciate the feedback on the security issue!

It is a great idea though.

I have been known to lock myself out by accident so this would be very useful for me. Many of those type systems have emergency codes (i.e. dial #0911 or #9110) that will also automatically unlock the doors for the fire/police.

On the other hand, I could think of emergency or family uses where combined with a PIN code something like this could allow emergency access to a family member's apartment and also notify authorities at the same time. Or for a hack to have the system notify authorities while entering the building without alerting someone else.

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