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Picking a lock remotely seems rather pointless.

• jedberg 7y ago
  Why? If you want to break into a house, it's a lot easier if you can just walk up to the door and look like you were invited in, then attracting attention picking a lock or kicking down a door. It also means you can hire someone else to do your dirty work by tricking them into thinking they were invited in and asking them to "grab a few things for you".
• outworlder 7y ago
  > Picking a lock remotely seems rather pointless. From another country, maybe. Via WIFI? You are not more than a few hundred meters away. Doing that from across the street is much more convenient. Once they are done, they can just walk right in.
  • mikeash 7y ago
    Doesn’t seem very scalable. Maybe you can knock over 10x as many houses in a night as a normal criminal. Normal criminals are 1000x (at least) more numerous, so it’s not a big increase in the threat.
• femto 7y ago
  Lock Picking as a Service? I can imagine someone cracking these locks en masse, then setting up a website to sell the fruits of their labour. A local thief could log into a website, provide a street address and pay a fee, and the lock will be remotely unlocked.