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I wonder why the "message" field in the response says "API调用成功" ("API call succeeded", I think?) if this is a Canadian company. Did they just buy the locking so
by ptx 8y ago
I wonder why the "message" field in the response says "API调用成功" ("API call succeeded", I think?) if this is a Canadian company. Did they just buy the locking solution from some Chinese OEM?
- helb 8y agoMaybe… https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=3010&SearchText=fingerprint+padlock https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=3010&SearchText=f... (the case looks a bit different though) From an article linked elsewhere in this thread: > startup […] has claimed that issues with manufacturing in China were behind the months of silence which provoked aggrieved backers […] fearing fraud So at least they didn't pretend to make the locks in Canada…
- makomk 8y agoSome of the off-brand OEM locks are worse. Like, there's one model which apparently just has exposed Torx screws that can be undone to take the entire lock apart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uje4pxfSlI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uje4pxfSlI
- jon-wood 8y agoYes, almost certainly. One of the IoT industry's dirty little secrets is that just about everyone is just rebadging OEM hardware from China, and often doing a minimum of due diligence on that hardware. (Disclaimer: I work for an IoT startup. We have an in-house security engineer, and contract pen testers who we call in to do physical and software tests against any new hardware we ship)
- majewsky 8y agoThat's not a "Disclaimer", that's a "Source".