What is the best type of smart lock? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 months ago by WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Hello Lemmy!

I have moved to a walkable area and no longer need to have my car keys on me all the time. My landlord has put in a crappy 4 digit combination style door lock, but said I could change it.

What is the best kind of keyless door lock that I can use instead? Ideally one with decent enough security to be as good or better than a key?

Thanks for your input!

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[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago

It’s really easy to see over a shoulder, and if you are able to deduce the buttons that were pressed, then there are only 24 possible combinations. This lock has no timeout for failures, and there is another public door nearby which means that people will sometimes be near when I’m putting in the code.

[-] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

How is it only 24? What am I missing? 0-0-0-0 to 9-9-9-9, no?

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This is where I got that number from, and it assumes that there are no repeated buttons.

https://socratic.org/questions/how-do-you-figure-out-the-number-of-combinations-in-4-digit-numbers

[-] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Ah, ok, so there's only 4 numbers to work with, and the code has to be a length of 4 as well? Can numbers not be repeated? It should be 4^4 I believe, because you can do 1-1-1-1, 1-1-1-2 etc.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Their assumption is that it is four digits long and the person knows which four digits but not the order.

[-] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Ah, ok. So it's not just trying all combinations. The numbers could be worn out from pressing over and over, for example.

[-] ArcticDagger@feddit.dk 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Assuming the numbers go from 0 to 9 (those included) and can be repeated, it must be 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 = 10000 combinations :-)

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