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That's the end result that's happened; Third Reality is now selling you a box to push the button on your own garage door opener. https://3reality.com/product/sm
by kotaKat 11mo ago
That's the end result that's happened; Third Reality is now selling you a box to push the button on your own garage door opener. https://3reality.com/product/smartgarage-door-opener/ https://3reality.com/product/smartgarage-door-opener/
I find it absolutely absurd that they've removed the ability for dry contacts on the garage door opener itself. That feels a bit too scary to rely on the wireless completely alone to actuate a motor (especially one under heavy springs!)
- Nextgrid 11mo ago> box to push the button on your own garage door opener It's only a matter of time before the assholes make the opener remote be a fingerprint sensor that detects "liveness", to ensure it is a real human and not a robot button-pusher.
- kotaKat 11mo agoAnd they'll bill it as security for the end user, of course, to make sure only an authorized user has the keys in their hand... Gotta scare it up with some stock photos of a bad guy with a balaclava on trying to push the button on your remote opener, angry that they've Been Had thanks to your clever high-tech fingerprint button! ... and then I'll go make a fake fingerprint out of gel material. Mythbusters did it.