Are hotel room safes tamper evident?
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I sent an email with this exact question to several manufacturers of safes that I found from a random google search. This is what I received back:
In four cases, they told me that it is not possible to retrieve the PIN.
In one case, they admitted that it is possible.
In two cases, I received no reply at all.
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The key can just open the safe and not read the combination.
The key can be used:
- if the customer forgets his PIN code
- if the batteries are low and the electronic mechanism does not work anymore
- if the customer leaves his room without unlocking the safe
Otherwise, you can sue the hotel if you prove that the safe was locked.
The hotel is typically not liable for loss or damage of their guests valuable if the loss was caused by the guest's own fault. ... If you don't use the safe and your valuables are stolen, some states will hold that the hotel is not liable since you could have protected your valuables but did not do so.
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Hotel room safes are not tamper evident and not particularly safe. Hotel staff (and others) have the capability to open them without evidence. If you need tamper evidence put the contents in a tamper evident bag. This is what many security conscious companies are doing.
Many have an electrical port that a small battery operated device is plugged into and that opens the safe.
In one case it was evident that a laptop had been removed from the safe, disassembled, HD copied and case reassembled but there were a couple of screws that were not properly re-seated.
See Hotel Room Safes: They May Not Be as Safe as You Think for more information.
Excerpt: "These units DO NOT have a hotel override, it reveals the guest PIN."
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