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Not in a million years. Now, if the EFF or Mozilla made a remotely accessible digital lock that I could control with interfaces to whomever I want that would be
by siculars 9y ago
Not in a million years. Now, if the EFF or Mozilla made a remotely accessible digital lock that I could control with interfaces to whomever I want that would be a different story.
- squarefoot 9y agoYou could make it yourself with cheap parts and some good engineering wrt power failures etc. (don't make it electric only, real world ain't Star Trek). The electromechanical lock is the most expensive part, but everything else can be done with a *PI like board plus battery and an encrypted network connection. If you don't have a fixed IP or are behind a firewall/NAT you can automate a mail reader on the board to monitor an address for an encrypted message containing a code to unlock the door, shoot a few images using a webcam and mail them back to you, or do other things. Basically anything that can be done by closing a switch a meter away can be also done a half planet away through the Internet.
- jessaustin 9y agoActually the mechanism could be totally mechanical. You just want a compartment with a delivery door and a trap door, which aren't both open at the same time. See that in action at any big blue USPS mailbox.