The small amount of IT security work I've done has taught me that such hopes are quickly and frequently dashed. Even products specifically designed for security applications have silly glaring vulnerabilities.
20 years ago I laughed myself silly when I realised our new big radiocontrolled doors to the factory had 8 dipswitches to set the security code for the remote. Last month I was looking for some home-alarm system for the club house. I wasnt terribly surprised to see only 4 bit security code in some of them...
The small amount of IT security work I've done has taught me that such hopes are quickly and frequently dashed. Even products specifically designed for security applications have silly glaring vulnerabilities.