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What effect does a magnet have on an electronic room lock?

Asked by quarkquarkquark (1695points) May 1st, 2009

I’m thinking of the kinds of electronic locks through which you slide a magnetic-stripped card. If a powerful magnet were held to one of these, would it stop working? I’d love to hear the take of engineers or security professionals on this.

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