[orpheline]

> Ok, you drilled open a smart lock. Is the drill able to be positioned in such a manner when the lock is installed on a door?

He drilled it from the front; the face is off in the picture where he's opening the latch with the screwdriver to better show where the mechanism is.

[cheschire]

He drilled it from the side. The preview picture from the video clearly shows the entire mechanism sideways on the table.

[rasz]

Exactly. This has an added bonus of making it a permanent backdoor. You drill once and put black sticker on it, nobody will notice. Is there even a sensor in the lock to log being manually opened?