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Lichten said that the encryption makes the system more difficult to hack, but he said he is "not sure" if it is more secure than the swipe-access cards that Harvard has used in the past...
Prior to the Pak incident, HUID numbers were available to a number of individuals at the University including undergraduate User Assistants, Harvard University Dining Services workers, building managers, and freshman proctors. The University has since strictly restricted the access to these numbers, putting in place a number of protocols that limit how and when they can be displayed and accessed by members of the Harvard community...
Lichten said that unlike the previous card system, which functioned directly on unencrypted HUID numbers, the new proximity cards will carry encrypted information that must match data saved by the security system on who is given access to each building...
Harvard joins other universities including Princeton, Yale, and MIT, who have long since adopted this or similar systems. Harvard's, a recent iteration of this technology, will support both proximity and the older swipe access cards and will also contain a second black stripe intended for use in future software upgrades...
...cards will largely do away with the need to swipe into dorms and Houses, allowing students to simply bring the card close enough to a reader to gain access...