Knock Knock
- "who's there"
Rapist
- "rapist who"
Rapist that can now touch your lock and open it from outside because you are close enough with your iPhone to the door!
Hmm%u2026 Really cool gizmo but seems to have fatal flaw without interaction on iPhone itself.
How much are additional fobs (great for contractors)?
How difficult is it to replace batteries? - and how do I check batteries?
Does it have Zigbee?
Can I disable the manual lock? (I have other ways to get into my house - rather not have a bumpable main lock) I suppose I could always use the superglue broken key approach to permanently disable manual - thought that's a pain to make it look good.
"Just touch the lock and it checks to see if an authorized iPhone is in range..."
Problem identified: Intruder / rapist / stalker / ex-spouse knocks at your door. He/she knows about the lock but is not authorized (either because the locks are now commonplace, or in the case of ex-spouse / stalker they have been there before... You go to the door to see who is knocking (looking out the security peep-hole perhaps) ... the intruder simply touches the exterior lock and gains entry, because you are standing on the inside of the door with your authorized iPhone. Doh!!!!
It does. The calibration is iffy and the device has opened randomly with no one touching it and my phone roughly 30 ft away in the living room. The calibration process suffers because there is no reasonable feedback with an app display during the process. You are never sure how it is set.
"Just touch the lock and it checks to see if an authorized iPhone is in range..."
Problem identified: Intruder / rapist / stalker / ex-spouse knocks at your door. He/she knows about the lock but is not authorized (either because the locks are now commonplace, or in the case of ex-spouse / stalker they have been there before... You go to the door to see who is knocking (looking out the security peep-hole perhaps) ... the intruder simply touches the exterior lock and gains entry, because you are standing on the inside of the door with your authorized iPhone. Doh!!!!
Yeah, automatic-everything is not always the best choice.
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Originally Posted by AnthonyOndre
Rapist that can now touch your lock and open it from outside because you are close enough with your iPhone to the door!
So basically you're claiming that if the iPhone is on, say, an entryway table on the other side of the door that it magically remains unlocked?
Yeah, why didn't they think of this?
Oh that's right. They did.
Just imagine life goes on as it does now, you still carry a key, but entry is made easier.
How difficult is it to replace batteries? - and how do I check batteries?
Does it have Zigbee?
Can I disable the manual lock? (I have other ways to get into my house - rather not have a bumpable main lock) I suppose I could always use the superglue broken key approach to permanently disable manual - thought that's a pain to make it look good.
Problem identified: Intruder / rapist / stalker / ex-spouse knocks at your door. He/she knows about the lock but is not authorized (either because the locks are now commonplace, or in the case of ex-spouse / stalker they have been there before... You go to the door to see who is knocking (looking out the security peep-hole perhaps) ... the intruder simply touches the exterior lock and gains entry, because you are standing on the inside of the door with your authorized iPhone. Doh!!!!
Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
So basically you're claiming that if the iPhone is on, say, an entryway table on the other side of the door that it magically remains unlocked?
Since I've been robbed several times, I simply keep nothing of high value in my domicile (not a realistic option for most, I know).
Yeah, automatic-everything is not always the best choice.