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A safe I used at a prior company had a digital lock with one combination. A little searching for similar models revealed that the lock had additional combinations, not documented in the manual for our safe, with factory default combinations. We changed the extra entries quickly.

I wonder how many more there are. It's software, it's practically uninspectable, it sure wouldn't surprise me.

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In my experience those digital hotel safes that you set a code for usually have a standard override code (often 5555) - failing that a sharp ta to the top of the keypad gets some open. It's a kind of a shame they don't take this sort of things seriously.

I don't trust them either. When I check into a hotel/motel; I ask for no maid service. I do ask for an extra set of linen though. They always look at me like I'm crazy. Even when I ask though, some establishments clean my room anyways? I can't prove it, but I feel I have had stuff stolen form my room. I just saw a commercial for a new Los Vegas hotel. Their sales pitch was we clean your room 2x daily. I said to myself, "I'm not going there." When I bring a few grand worth of stuff to a hotel, and decide to take a chance with the maid service, I lock my stuff up in a large Pac Safe made for Backpacks.

I didn't know you could request no maid service. I usually leave the Do Not Disturb sign displayed on the door during my entire stay.

During my stay in China the DnD sign does not seem to apply, they still come in...

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