Friday at DEF CON 27, [Will Caruana] took the stage to talk about phone phreaking on an elevator. The call buttons first appeared on elevators in 1968 as actual phone handsets, eventually becoming ...

It is an awkward, uncomfortable, and time-consuming practice, and it is not unusual for an elevator to begin answering another call before there is even a chance to find the correct button.

Years ago, in the high-rise Mexico City branch of a well-known international hotel, the elevator ... buttons. If your building doesn’t use all the buttons, you can either pay extra for a custom ...

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So, we need your help. Call it citizen science. All you need is a stopwatch and, naturally, an elevator. Hop in the lift, hit your floor button, and wait to see how long it takes for the door to ...

because they give us the illusion of control – and something to do in situations where the alternative would be doing nothing (which explains why people press the elevator call button when it ...