> I don't find the requirement for the pairing process to be cloud mediated to be very onerous. After the pairing process, you can decide if the reliability req

> I don't find the requirement for the pairing process to be cloud mediated to be very onerous. After the pairing process, you can decide if the reliability requires the lock to operate if the cloud is offline. If the cloud is gone you're still stuck. Companies do go bankrupt or get hacked. Anything that requires an app or cloud access is a big no for me. I'm trying to make my life more secure and comfortable. Relying on a zillion different companies and their (buggy) apps is the opposite of that. > I don't agree. The problem is that pairing is ALWAYS annoying and nobody wants to put a button on the lock to change its mode (or want to be able to automate the addition of people to the lock control). You're still going to need that button for pairing with the bridge and/or your local Wi-Fi. If someone has local access to the buttons inside the lock they don't need to crack my lock, they are already inside. I consider the risk that someone spends the time figuring out my lock system, somehow gets access to the pairing button and breaks in on another point in time lower than that the cloud gets hacked with the access to all their locks with a list of the addresses sold to a bunch of burglars.