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by diftraku 265 days ago
> One of their digital lock designs had a rather cough Pleasing vulnerability.

I'm assuming you're referring to the VingCard vulnerability from 2018? (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43896360)

Digital locks aside, this is more applicable to any lock you buy and rely on (substitute US with your local region):

> lack of availability in the US

I wouldn't go out of my way to find something like Schlage here, when Abloy (Assa Abloy) locks are available in abundance with locksmiths able to duplicate usually all the key variants.

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No, there was a vending machine smart lock that if you hitachi'd it right it'd unlock.

And, I phrased it wrong: most people expect to be able to walk into lowes and clone a key. And while it seems assa has been on a buying spree since I last looked at them, I do not associate them with anything you'd be able to find at big box store. When I think assa abloy I think "you better have the key card or you're SOL."

As a European, most of the products mentioned in the linked article and this discussion are from brands I've never associated with Assa Abloy in the first place.