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Schuyler Towne
Personal blog · schuylertowne.com/blogsecurityhardware
Schuyler Towne's personal blog at schuylertowne.com covers security and hardware. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “The Current State of Smart Locks”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Only one comment, on the thread about IoT and home security, which argues that most smart door locks are weak as locks. It does not judge the writing, so the linked posts are best described by their topic: IoT and home security.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The Current State of Smart Locks2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-11-17
What Hacker News says?
Most of the "smart" door locks suck as locks.[1] Most are physically too weak. Most need regular battery replacement, although a few generate power from turning the handle. If you want any real door security, you have to go to steel doors and frames, and multipoint locks. You can get door/frame/lock systems which look normal and operate like a regular door, but bolts go out the top, bottom, and sides into the frame,…
Comment linking /blog/smart-locks
on “IoT’s killer app is not home security”Submitted The Current State of Smart Locks as a story · 95 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rethinking the Origins of the Lock as a story · 48 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lockpicking is not a crime. So why do we think it is? as a story · 4 points
HN discussion