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Best Local Smart Lock for Privacy/Security
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this post was submitted on 25 May 2024
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Picking a lock is a lot more likely than somebody finding an exploit and hacking your lock. In either case, locks are minimal theft deterrent, not prevention.
Well many smart locks can be exploited physically rather than hacking wise.
On the other hand, flipper zero can probably exploit a lot of 2.4GHz locks.
So can nearly all physical locks you'll find on a house door. The ones nearly everyone puts on their doors are super simple. Most thieves won't bother though, if your lock poses even the slightest challenge they'll go through a window if they really want in.
The point I think is that while most locks are really easy to pick relatively, the people that it's really easy to pick to, aren't the same people robbing your house.
The ones that sit and practice picking the locks are the ones that install them, or come out when you've misplaced your keys and get you in the house.
The robbers are mainly opportunists that wander around looking for open doors and windows, knock to see if you're home then try to force a way in.