"Intelligent access control" into the hearts of users still need to improve

“Shanghai's 60,000 apartment building security doors have been equipped with 'smart access control.'” Not long ago, an information technology company announced this at the Shanghai International Public Security Expo.

In the investigation, the reporter found that the current smart access control seems to be the access control of the “12-digit number button and a small camera” installed in many communities.

Smart access control is that the security door is located in Pingji Second Village, Pingji Road, Longyi Road, Minhang District, and is one of the earliest pilot communities to install smart access control systems in Shanghai. In March 2006, the community’s 179 portals installed building intercom systems and electronically controlled security doors.

Although at the beginning of installation, the access control system was affixed with a “smart” label, for smart residents in Pingji Village, the smart access control is actually a security door. There are 2168 households in Pingji Second Village. The community is adjacent to the Jiuxing Wholesale Market. There are many migrants from outside, and criminal cases remain high. Prior to 2006, Pingji Ercun had been listed as “a complex security area in Minhang District”. After installing the smart access control system, according to statistics, “there was no case of burglary within a few months”.

Most of the intelligent access control systems that were installed five years ago in fault repair status. How is the situation today? The reporter went to Pingji Er Village. In front of the apartment No. 93, a white paper was attached to the security door: “Come on, please press the doorbell.” The reporter discovered that a white electric bell was installed near the security door and pressed the electric bell. The barber shop owner said: “ The security door was broken for a few years and the doorbell was simply installed."

The reporter found that after turning around in the community, most of the smart access control systems were in a fault repair state. A staff member of the neighborhood committee stated: “As early as in 2008, a large number of smart access control systems in the district had a breakdown, and the committee has also held meetings with related companies regarding maintenance issues. The company’s representative said that the intelligent access control system in Pingji Ercun was the first For a generation of products, old electronic components have been removed from the market and are therefore difficult to replace."

Residents have no hope for “smart” At present, in the newly built communities in Shanghai, the second-generation smart access control system with swiping cards is mostly used. The design of the first-generation access control system is the method of entering the password. The password is mostly the last four digits of the residents' residential telephone, and some of them are simply set to "8888". Because this kind of setting was criticized by the residents, when the second-generation access control was developed, the company chose to use the swipe card as a safer method.

In the blue city garden in the Minhang District where "second-generation access control" was used, a resident told reporters: "It is convenient to swipe, but this card is owned by everyone in the building. If anyone loses it, it becomes a security risk. In terms of access control, smart intelligence is not important. The key is to ensure safety."

For the future mentioned in the description of the second-generation intelligent access control system, it provides value-added features. Most residents said: “The access control is a technological advancement, and other devices can not keep up with it. It is also a no-brainer. Instead of repeatedly provoking concepts such as 'remote meter reading', It's better to make the security protection function stronger first."