Show HN: DittoKey - Door keys copied from a photo app.

Thanks. From a technical perspective it does work, I have successfully copied a few working keys. There's zero infrastructure right now, if you use the app I'll send you an email by hand and cut the key myself. This is MVP!

Yep security is the biggest user concern, my plan for this is centered around keeping e-mail addresses and real addresses apart.

Ultimately though through my research on this I've discovered how trivial it is to get through most locks so it would just be way too much effort for a thief to use DittoKey.

The "in another life I could have been a spy" part of me LOVES that this can be done.

I've read that with zoom lenses and consumer level dslr you can get high enough quality images to be able to copy someone elses keys without getting within 100 feet of the key.

Love this. Marketing is going to be critical to your success - it's a one-off, low-cost transaction that people rarely need, and you're competing against the keycutting booths in supermarkets that people see at least once a week.

But you've got great novelty. Perhaps create a theme around the idea that you're harnessing CIA technology (well, they've definiely done something similar at some point in the last 50 years). That's likely to get you a decent amount of mileage in the media, and make you stick in people's minds.

Great idea! It still needs to be tested of course for an accurate feedback, but the idea itself is really cool.

Only thing that I am concerned of is the lack of a policy and terms of use. Basically we are sending you our address and key and there is no legal policies or terms of use on the website concerning the use of these pictures, how they will be used and stored. I think this is the main concern I see.

How do you deal with the profile of a key?