I was obviously asking how do you (the same generic “you” that you were using) get into your home that you need some third party’s permission to do so, as you implied in your comment.
Does suck a product even exist? A front door smart lock that doesn’t have a mechanical key in case batteries die? And if it exists, I have two questions: 1. why in hell; and 2. who in their right mind would install it on their front door. That was the intent of my question.
Does such a product exist? I would hope not, but probably. There are certainly stupider things on the market.
But even with an emergency key, think about security alarms. You open the door, you have to put in the code to turn off the alarm – but you can’t, the code has been changed. You call the alarm company to say “No, it’s me” but your account has been frozen, so they still send the police.
Yeah, it’s a little over-the-line dystopian, but instead of being 100% bonkers out of a movie, it’s more “…yeah, I can see how that could happen if you have the Ring doorbell and Ring door lock and Ring alarm monitoring, and the company froze your account for some reason”
Who controls your home, you or a large multi national corporation? It’s not paranoia, if you run afoul of that corporation, in an account billing dispute or other minor thing they will not think twice about disabling your access to your house.
And if you destroy their property to get in your house? The police could very well arrest you, because it was you on video who broke into the house.
Wait… How do you access your home?
A mechanical lock…
I was obviously asking how do you (the same generic “you” that you were using) get into your home that you need some third party’s permission to do so, as you implied in your comment.
Was it meant as a rhetorical question? Obviously the parent poster’s scenario was that you have to click a button in an app to unlock your doors.
Was there a point you were trying to make? I feel like I’m missing the obvious in this thread…
Does suck a product even exist? A front door smart lock that doesn’t have a mechanical key in case batteries die? And if it exists, I have two questions: 1. why in hell; and 2. who in their right mind would install it on their front door. That was the intent of my question.
Does such a product exist? I would hope not, but probably. There are certainly stupider things on the market.
But even with an emergency key, think about security alarms. You open the door, you have to put in the code to turn off the alarm – but you can’t, the code has been changed. You call the alarm company to say “No, it’s me” but your account has been frozen, so they still send the police.
Yeah, it’s a little over-the-line dystopian, but instead of being 100% bonkers out of a movie, it’s more “…yeah, I can see how that could happen if you have the Ring doorbell and Ring door lock and Ring alarm monitoring, and the company froze your account for some reason”
Yeah, I guess I can see that, but to be honest if someone gets themselves into that kind of situation, I feel like it’s on them.
Blame the victim, eh? Well, at least you’re not jumping straight to “No, that’s impossible, you’re just paranoid”