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I have a great smart lock. The secret is, it's dumb. It has a keypad and a keyhole and a 9V battery that lasts about five years. About three months before the b

by dsr_ 6y ago

I have a great smart lock. The secret is, it's dumb. It has a keypad and a keyhole and a 9V battery that lasts about five years. About three months before the battery wears out, it starts beeping and blinking every time you open it, so you know it's time to replace the battery. You have to look in the manual to add or remove a code, but it remembers at least a dozen codes. It doesn't talk to a smartphone. It doesn't have a network connection. It doesn't store a log of openings, and it doesn't violate your privacy. What it does is solve the two biggest problems with door locks: not having your key, and getting a key to a friend so that they can get into your house.

bigiain 6y ago
That sounds like it’s solved half the problem, at least it’s not another outdated Linux 2.7 machine with a nodejs app with no rate limiting listening to unencrypted http sessions over WAP “secured” wifi. But I wonder how it’d fare if someone like the lockpicking lawyer reviewed it’s mechanical lock design? Is it actually a good lock?
- Broken_Hippo 6y ago
  Is it actually a good lock?" I'm not convinced it matters as long as it seems, to the layperson, to be a lock of average quality. No one really wants a lock to feel insecure if it is held in the hand, for example. And sure, if tests say you can just hit it and open it, you'll pass. But as long as it doesn't have obvious defaults... It is good. Most locks really just keep out crimes of opportunity. Few folks have locks that will keep out folks that would destroy your front door or break your windows and few are real challenges to lockpicks. And the shouldn't be challenges to lockpicks! Otherwise, how would a locksmith do their work? It doesn't matter, though. Most folks simply aren't lockpicks - and a good number of folks that can* pick locks well do not have desires to break into homes.
montereynack 6y ago
Which lock is it that you’re using? I’m kind of in the market atm.

by dsr_ 6y ago

bigiain 6y ago

That sounds like it’s solved half the problem, at least it’s not another outdated Linux 2.7 machine with a nodejs app with no rate limiting listening to unencrypted http sessions over WAP “secured” wifi. But I wonder how it’d fare if someone like the lockpicking lawyer reviewed it’s mechanical lock design? Is it actually a good lock?

Broken_Hippo 6y ago
Is it actually a good lock?" I'm not convinced it matters as long as it seems, to the layperson, to be a lock of average quality. No one really wants a lock to feel insecure if it is held in the hand, for example. And sure, if tests say you can just hit it and open it, you'll pass. But as long as it doesn't have obvious defaults... It is good. Most locks really just keep out crimes of opportunity. Few folks have locks that will keep out folks that would destroy your front door or break your windows and few are real challenges to lockpicks. And the shouldn't be challenges to lockpicks! Otherwise, how would a locksmith do their work? It doesn't matter, though. Most folks simply aren't lockpicks - and a good number of folks that can* pick locks well do not have desires to break into homes.

montereynack 6y ago

Which lock is it that you’re using? I’m kind of in the market atm.