Datacenter security is getting out of hand

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Ugh, I got stuck in a Tholian web once at a Equinix datacenter.
Took four hours for the guys to figure out how to repolarize the emitters to get me out.
Really really annoying.
If i get stuck in a tholian web i will go mirror phlox on those crystalline bastards.
- Idunno. Doesn't sound needlessly sexy enough.
  
  Is that really from ST? Or from a porn parody?
Sec+ studying? Pretty sure i remember this question from that.
- I think this one was net+ but yeah. I was trying to find something to bore me enough to let me fall asleep and instead I found this gem.
If I'm getting more troglodytes stuck in my Tholian web, they're getting the Rays! This is why we have a Min Cage people!
A mantrap is like a turnstyle that goes up to the ceiling, or something like an airlock. You can still tailgate someone through it and they might not say anything. Never let someone else in. Make them badge in or get security to help them even if you know them.
- Good luck trying to get two people through most datacenter man traps. They weigh you and monitor whose in the trap. You can't even sneak equipment out.
  
  Dystopian
- Make them badge in or get security to help them even if you know them.
  This is good advice. You never know who might be a changeling infiltrator.
  
  Or your coworker who got fired yesterday.
- Make one with 4 90 degree sections that turns exactly twice per swipe. Anyone tailgating gets stuck in the side, and then the pitfall opens.
Can anyone who's in data center security explain why it's a good thing to limit the number of people in the center at one time?
I'd think setting up a system where only one person is allowed to be in there, alone, would be far worse.
- It's not the number of people in the center, it's the number of people able to enter at one time. Basically, it allows them to ensure that everyone is being clearly identified on entry.
  
  Ah. Yeah, that makes sense.

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