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> Amazon is choosy on what features you can implement Allowing someone to holler into an open (or recently broken) window to open my front door sounds terrifyi
by pkulak 7y ago
> Amazon is choosy on what features you can implement
Allowing someone to holler into an open (or recently broken) window to open my front door sounds terrifying.
- singingboyo 7y agoI, on the other hand, am on the 17th floor. Anyone who can holler at a smart device in my apartment has already compromised something important, and could probably get in anyway. Also, just require a passphrase? To go full star trek, "[Alexa/Google/Siri], unlock the front door, authorisation singingboyo Alpha Pi Pi Zulu" sounds workable.
- joshstrange 7y agoIIRC Amazon does allow for this. I use Smartthing + Homebridge for operating my lock (Prompts me on my phone to unlock the door when I get near the house and locks the door when I close it) but I do have Alexa as well and I at least looked into using it to lock/unlock. For the unlock I have to read off a pin, it will lock without needing a pin.
- ma2rten 7y agoWe truly live in the future.
- joshstrange 7y agoI’m not sure if you are joking/mocking but for me at least it’s super convenient to tap a notification on my watch as I pull into my driveway and way directly into my house (detached garage I don’t park in so I enter through the front door). It’s also nice to know anytime I close the door it will lock behind me. I quite enjoy living in the future.
- azinman2 7y agoOr you could use voice authentication... or require that known phones are within range, or best yet don't link your smart speaker to your door lock (when do the pros outweigh the cons here?)
- JoBrad 7y agoI use a password to deactivate my Ring via our Echo.
- matt-attack 7y agoI bet you sleep fine knowing anyone can simply pick your locks to get in using knowledge easily obtained on YouTube and using tools readily available.
- JackRabbitSlim 7y agoThat statement is equally true for fancy "smart" systems. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32815036036.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32815036036.html sleep tight.
- radicalriddler 7y agoYes. So they are both susceptible to being compromised. So it'd be up to user preference as to what method they want to lock / unlock their door with then?
- aquadrop 7y agoTo sleep fine you can use the type of a lock that only opens from inside with turn of a knob (deadbolt?).
- Gibbon1 7y agoI keep thinking back how in the dark ages my parents never locked the door. Much less windows. No one had time for that.
- etxm 7y agoIf they broke your window they’d probably crawl through it.
- gingerlime 7y agoWhat about throwing a small speaker through the window that blasts out “Alexa, unlock front door ... Siri, unlock front door” ? (I’m no criminal mastermind, but just a random thought)