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by robochat 1771 days ago
I've often thought that it would be good to have a app that could tell me that my doors and windows were shut and locked for when I suddenly can't remember if I actually did it. However the security implications of having such a system would worry me, particularly if it became popular. If hacked, it could tell thieves which houses had been accidentally left unlocked in an area, which could be worse than accidentally leaving a door unlocked all day. Also it might even make the company running the system liable for any thefts caused by hacks to their system and so it might be hard for a company to run such a system.