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by calciphus 4563 days ago
Say it with me now:

Physical locks aren't unbreakable. A deadbolt does not make your house a fortress.

I am all for good data security here, but if someone has targeted you to the point of following you around to clone your phone's interaction with your front door, I am pretty sure the glass windows provide a far easier target. Most of them can be just lifted out of their frame.

Yes, it could be breakable. No, it is no less secure than an existing deadbolt. Threat model matters.

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I'm not 5. I don't need to 'say it with you now.' Take that smug attitude and shove it up your ass.

Physical locks with heavy-set sprung pins, double shear lines, mushroom pins, and additional security features can be almost unbreakable given the amount of effort and noise that picking or breaking them will incur.

Your post is a contrite logical fallacy. The bluetooth mirror is trivial to execute once the mirror is created. No one has to 'follow around', they walk next to you for 2 seconds, and the signal is transferred bidirectionally, the door unlocks.

Yes, it is way less secure than an existing deadbolt. Your post is akin to saying a new operating system is secure because no viruses have been coded for it. And we might as well put shitty locks on our doors, because they can break in through the window anyways..right..and no one has bars on their windows, because you don't?

Now, say it with me: "I'm okay with lax security, so everyone else should be too."

Also say: "I don't know shit about pin-tumbler locks, so I can make posts about security to misinform other people."

Now slap yourself twice for being a dolt. Thanks, class. Now back to nap time.