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Old 02-14-2012, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker View Post
Then perhaps legislated requirements are different there then...
Over here it's the law.
Raketenjagdpanzer is telling the truth, unfortunately. Most electronic locks that you'll find here in the U.S. are in fact designed to switch open in case of a power blackout, but certain electronic locks that are use to restrict, how shall we say, extremely sensitive information and/or equipment work differently. Once power is lost, nothing short of C4 is going to bust that lock open, depending on how well reinforced that lock and whatever door or gate it's attached to of course.

That said, I'd hate to know what kind of "datacenter" Raketenjagdpanzer works in.
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