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My problem with solution like this is the centralization. I dont want to give power over my door to any one commercial entity. I am sure people behind this proj
by urza 14y ago
My problem with solution like this is the centralization. I dont want to give power over my door to any one commercial entity. I am sure people behind this project are all nice and likable. And it looks like really neat solution feature-wise. But I dont like the principle. Centralization is never good. You dont know the future of the companny, but your doors depend on it to certain degree. Plus it is a single point of failure and added security risk.
But then again, I dont use facebook, dropbox or gmail for the same reason. (Instead I use selfhosted solutions.) So I am an unimportant minority. Its a pity that the trend with new solutions is towards use of centralization instead of decetralization, which gave us Internet, email and even parlament democracy. As I sad before, if email were to be invented today it would be single company's project backed by YC that would rule us all.
- pmr_ 14y agoI have been thinking about how to move self-hosted solutions more into the mainstream. Nearly every company already has some form of hosting that can be utilized for this. Every household has a router that can serve as a miniature data center. The problem seems to be the heavy maintenance but I don't see how this cannot be proliferated the same way it has been done for applications on mobile platforms.
- izak30 14y agoDid you build your current lock by hand? Did you at least disassemble it and figure out that there isn't a master key that would grant entry? How far do you take this? Maybe having your locks NAT out or phone home to a third party is a bit much for a lot of people, as it opens new vectors, but you know, bricks and windows and such.
- run4yourlives 14y agoCome on, there are probably hundreds of locksmiths in your city right now that could gain access to your front door in a matter of seconds. Given the portability of the device, it's doubtful that lockitron even knows what it's unlocking at any given time.
- samstave 14y agoThere are some people even who carry lockpicks and locks and practice picking for sport and they are all over, like on /r/lockpicking and on places like HN.... I don't know who these people might be - but I know they are out there.
- mbreese 14y agoWhile a trained locksmith could probably get past my deadbolt, a random hacker from $current_unpopular_country can't. (Note: this isn't counting non-locksmiths that can also pick a lock). So, using something like this does carry a bigger (if slight) risk. I'm not sure if I'd necessarily trust a relatively new company with controlling my deadbolt. Then again, I also have a similar setup using an HID tag reader/arduino/relay to control access to my garage door, so it's not like I'm against the technology. It's more that I'm worried about outsourcing the security of my house. Honestly, the threat profile to me personally is pretty low, but it's still not something I'm 100% comfortable with.
- bdunbar 14y agoI might be missing something. J. Random Hacker from Waziristan hacks your account at the lock company. So? He is _there_ and you are _here_. Annoying but not fatal. Unless you're worried that he has a cousin in town?
- larrys 14y agoHe does it just for kicks. And he does it for multiple targets. The more targets, the more chance he gets to read about his success in the news.
- run4yourlives 14y agoThis is more a business problem for Lockitron than a credible threat to my security as a customer. 99.99% of the time, the only people that touch my front doorknob have keys.
- modeless 14y agoFrom their FAQ: "if you would like to access Lockitron only via your local network, then we welcome you to flash your base-station with a new image that gives you full access to develop as you see fit" So you can still use the hardware even if you don't like their software.