For many people, especially those who have spent a long time in transit, hotel rooms would easily seem like a second home. Aside from the relief of finding a cozy shelter, a hotel room will give you that much-desired privacy.
But a flight attendant on Tiktok doesn’t think that your locked hotel room door is as safe or private as you suppose.

Everyone wants to have moments alone. Even the most extroverted personalities need some time off to be alone and think, relax, and play.Stories abound of people being attacked after their hotel doors are breached. Others have lost cash and other valuable items in such incidents. So, one of the first things to worry about before you check into a hotel is the integrity of its doors.

Most visitors have built rock-solid trust in their hotel room doors over the years. For many, the door’s ability to lock and open properly and without hassles is all the assurance they need. But stories about hotel room door breaches have shown that there’s more about these doors than we think. Recently, someone has stepped up to spill the beans about their vulnerabilities.

Cici, a flight attendant, has shared some shocking revelations about hotel room doors. In a TikTok video, she described several ways your door can be compromised even when properly locked.
She admitted that after learning about the techniques, her trust in doors has dropped drastically. She battles to have that carefree attitude people have behind closed doors.

Cici described a pretty simple technique that only required objects like magazines or newspapers. One can breach a hotel door by inserting these objects into the narrow space between the door and the frame.
When the object goes into a sufficient extent, the next move is to apply a small amount of pressure, and dang, the lock surrenders, and the door shockingly opens.

The video showed yet another technique. This time, an individual used a string and wire contraption to disable the door lock from outside and gain entry into the room.
To be honest, the possibility of an intruder breaching your privacy while you are present or away is pretty scary. But Cici calmed nerves by showing her viewers a way out.

Cici showed us how to thwart potential breaches by using two clothing hangers. Simply block the upper part of the door frame with one of the hangers.
Many hotel door handles, when pulled down, will automatically disable the privacy lock.
To eliminate this possibility, you should attach the second hanger to this downward-locking mechanism. Doing this ensures that no one can manipulate your door lock from outside.

For almost everyone, relaxation is at the top of their expectations when they check into a hotel room. We just can’t wait to land on the bed to rest our bodies and maybe switch on the TV.
But Cici’s video has shown us why your security should come first before any other concern. So, it’s wise to wade through that tiredness and make sure your doors are safe enough.

Gone are the days when electronic locks were regarded as the ultimate in hotel room door safety. A recent incident has further highlighted the susceptibility of these doors to hacks.
In 2022, a group of researchers were invited to a hacking event in Las Vegas, where they were challenged to expose vulnerabilities in hotel room doors. They uncovered significant holes in the Saflok electronic doors of the rooms.

The team privately revealed these vulnerabilities to the manufacturer, Dormakaba, allowing them to go back to the drawing board. Hotels were also briefed about the security risks.
The findings exposed several flaws that, if pieced together, will give hackers the leeway to unlock any room in a building with a pair of forged keycards. The attacker only needs to analyze one keycard to generate the master keycard.

Reports show that the flaws have been around for more than 30 years—36 years, to be precise. The susceptibility affected over 3 million Saflok electronic RFID locks, which were installed in over 13,000 homes and hotels.
Even though there haven’t been widespread reports of these electronic door breaches, the existence of these weaknesses for long periods increases the possibility.

Social media deserves some credit for providing the platform for videos like Cici’s to be posted and disseminated. Despite the various shortcomings of these online media, they have lots of benefits, too.
Thousands of Cici’s viewers should become more vigilant when they enter hotel rooms. Safety remains the leading priority in any building, and no step is too insignificant to ensure that our rooms aren’t exposed to intruders.