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Can’t lock your door when the power is cut? Sounds great for a rapist/robber/murderer. That is a lawsuit waiting to happen.
by irrational 4y ago
Can’t lock your door when the power is cut? Sounds great for a rapist/robber/murderer. That is a lawsuit waiting to happen.
- Sebguer 4y agoSorry, to be clear, it can be locked from the inside. The internal lock continues to function just fine. You just can't lock (or unlock) it from the outside.
- selcuka 4y agoThat's equally bad. Someone can enter and hide inside your unit while you are away.
- tartoran 4y agoIf power goes out when away the door stayed locked. Only if one has to leave their apartment when power is out does the door not lock. Same problem happens when coming home and the power is out, door wont open. Likewise not having access to phone leaves you out of your home. This will most likely be sorted out for this use case but Im generally concerned with this rushed innovation, there’s no fallback to a basic method.
- Larrikin 4y agoDoor locks for all unit doors (places people live) are all battery based with a fail over of being locked but only to the outside. If you're inside they all open like normal doors. It's extremely obvious months a head of time when the battery is dying and nearly all systems will report this to whatever the unlock system is.The exact system determines if you're simply turning a door handle or switching a dead bolt to leave. There's no possibility of someone sneaking in or you being locked in. Common doors, like to a lobby or a gym can possibly fail to let you inside if there is a power failure but you will never be trapped inside. Those systems are almost always paired with a FOB so you aren't locked out and often times there's a guarantee of a property manager that is on call for emergencies.