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No Connection, No Flush (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (20 children)

My sister's new apartment's front door has a "smart lock", hooked up to Ring, naturally. No keyhole, you open it with your phone. It also runs on batteries.

Do I really need to say any more? We were baffled.

EDIT: Correction - there IS a keyhole but the actual tenants don't have access to it. Only the property management. Creepy. :|

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I have one too but it has an emergency physical "master key". Also there's a port to provide power to it through a battery bank, in case you really run out of juice though it's potentially another point of failure. No internet connection

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I have a Nuki this one still works with a normal key, since you install it on top of your existing double cylinder (you should only install it on one that can have two keys inserted at the same time or with a turn knob on one side). The Nuki just turns the key or thumb turn of the cylinder. Also means you can’t see that a smart lock is installed from the outside. Battery is not a problem since they last for about 5 months. And you get a warning when it reaches 20%.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    "Hello amazon I'm a police, I need you to unlock this door at 123 Rainy St, Arlen TX 76043"

    "Ok Mr. Police right away!"

    Sounds great!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I've seen landlords put these things on doors, too, and use them to allow entrance to anyone they think has a reason to be inside, whether the resident knows and consents or not.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah fuck that.

    Actually that is illegal (at least in my area), they're required to give at least 24hr notice for maintenance or the landlord themselves coming by, etc. Exception is cops, they can always let in cops (and EMS and Fire I think).

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    LOL relevant meme attached:

    Arlen TX

    Weird coincidence seeing this right after finishing an episode of King of the Hill. LOL

    "Yo man dang'ol smartlock open up man left my daggum phone in there tell ya what."

    "I'm sorry, can you repeat that?"

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Oh my god that's hilarious, I hope that really worked!

    As to KOTH:

    "Unlock my door or I'll kick your digital ass!"

    *crying* "My door won't let me in, Hank! Everyone leaves me, Lenoire left and now even my house left me!"

    Dale however never got one, his house is still secured by Daletech. Shishishaaaaa!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I have a smart deadbolt that is keypad operated. It’s awful.

    Never used the smart features, and there isn’t a bypass to unlock the door when the batteries die — which happens a lot, especially in the winter. I tried using rechargeable batteries in it, but they last less than half the time of normal batteries.

    There is nothing more frustrating than punching in the key code and hearing the death of HAL9000 voice before the deadbolt fully unlocks. Luckily I have a back door that isn’t smart.

    I’m replacing the lockset soon and this won’t be a problem anymore, but holy shit is it frustrating and wasteful.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What's the brand?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Honestly I'm not sure, I only got a look at it when I was helping her move.

    It's tied to a wall panel on the other side that controls the whole unit's lighting and thermostat and such though, and shows a doorbell cam.

    Educated guess that it's all tied to Amazon. Blegh.

    Allegedly they're just supposed to rely on maintenance to change the batteries so they're not locked out of their home. Crazy.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    SmartOne uses Schlage locks with some ecobee thermostats and sometimes a doorbell cam. Latch locks suck and I don't know what panel is used there.

    I'm in Toronto, I do high-rise construction. Post a picture I'll tell you what it is.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I was watching a friend's dogs while she was on vacation when the batteries in her door lock died. I had to climb in a back window to get inside and feed them. Luckily, there was a back door with a dumb lock, but I had to get inside first and borrow her keys for that to help.

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