[nullc]

Security is usually a lemon market. The buyer can't really tell if its secure or not, depressing what people are willing to pay, which makes it bad business to invest in making a secure product.

It's rather difficult to find electronic locks, even for safes, that aren't obviously less secure than traditional options.

Which is pretty sad considering that an electronic lock could be substantially more secure if it was designed well.

The stuff that is reasonably secure, like kaba-mas products, are quite expensive because its catering to a market that simply isn't buying on price.

[Chirael]

With the Internet and YouTube I don’t think it’s as much of a lemon market as it once was. The information is out there, pretty accessible actually. For example it’s not hard to find that Master and Kwikset might not be the highest security compared to other options. The problem isn’t that the information is hard to find, it’s just that most people aren’t willing to spend more for higher security (could be a few hundred dollars more once you multiply it by a few doors) and it’s easy to convince yourself cheap locks are “good enough” - after all, someone could break a window, kick in the door, etc.

[tanr54ok]

Just because information is out there and accessible doesn’t mean it has much mainstream penetration. Locks are a very niche hobby. Most of my friends and family don’t know shit about locks any more than 30 years ago even though the technology is clearly documented and explained on YouTube.

YouTube has made pretty much everything widely accessible. Doesn’t necessarily change the market.

[nabla9]

https://iloq.com has well designed self-powered digital and secure locks. You can just replace the lock, no electrical wiring or batteries needed.