Ahhh crap. I have been building this exact thing in my garage as we speak. Too slow! Well played, Lockitron.
There is always room for one more on the market.
Lockitron: Keyless entry using your phone
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#132Lockitron even mentions that AirBnB is a great fit + they are both YC companies. Why isn't there a partnership already established between the two companies? Lockitron should be contacting all of AirBnB's most rented property owners to buy the lock.
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#133Our company developed a product where you can enter a place just by calling a specific number. If your number is on the registered number's database it will unlock the door...
Don't know why they don't do it like that instead of having to send a text...
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#134What happens if the iPhone runs out of battery? The site says it still works if you have "lost power", but I assume this means in the household?
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#135Today if I loose my keys, I call a locksmith with my phone and pay him with my credit card.
A year from now if my phone runs out of battery, I am homeless. :)
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why use a car? Relies on: Gas to run You making sure everything is well maintained Expensive vs biking Auto mechanics needed if your car breaks down Anyone in your area could easily steal your car or explode it rendering it useless. Doesn't seem like a very good risk/reward ratio to me. Kidding aside, you must not have read very carefully, since it has NFC and Bluetooth as backups. The DDOS scenario would require a t…
wouldn't it be more like why make a coal driven steam engine when diesel models had been out for 30 years?
There are more advantages to this than you realize. For instance, my father is a quadriplegic and has limited dexterity so it is extremely difficult for him to handle keys. If he wanted the ability to lock a door on his way out, it would be much easier for him to make a few taps on his iPad and be on his way.
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#137Our company developed a product where you can enter a place just by calling a specific number. If your number is on the registered number's database it will unlock the door... Don't know why they don't do it like that instead of having to send a text...
How do you deal with caller ID spoofing?
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#138What happens if the iPhone runs out of battery? The site says it still works if you have "lost power", but I assume this means in the household?
I assume you could still use a key. Nothing seems to be covering the deadbolt lock on the outside of the door. I have the same problem with two-factor authentication though, I guess you'll just always need a backup.
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why use a car? Relies on: Gas to run You making sure everything is well maintained Expensive vs biking Auto mechanics needed if your car breaks down Anyone in your area could easily steal your car or explode it rendering it useless. Doesn't seem like a very good risk/reward ratio to me. Kidding aside, you must not have read very carefully, since it has NFC and Bluetooth as backups. The DDOS scenario would require a t…
wouldn't it be more like why make a coal driven steam engine when diesel models had been out for 30 years?
I'd say it's analogous to making a diesel engine when standard combustion engines already exist.
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#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
The keycodes are pretty easy to guess. Regular users will only ever enter the correct codes so if you look carefully at the keypad you can see which digits have been pressed. Most likely there will only be 4 of the 10 possible digits used. I've actually encountered keypads where the order didn't actually matter so you could get in in seconds.
Combine that with the assumption that the average consumer probably used a date of some significance for their 4-digit code and in the US you can guess that 0 or 1 was first, 0, 1, 2 or 3 was the third position, leaving you only to guess the second and fourth position.
There are only 24 possible combinations of a 4 digit code anyway (assuming 4 different digits). I doubt the devices do a lockout on the wrong code, so it wouldn't take that long to hack.