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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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How secure are (premium) smart locks from Aliexpress? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by thewhitestagseller@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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They all seem to be using Tuya app and TT lock which seem to have a good reputation, so I was wondering about other software /physical vulnerabilities after watching the LawPickingLawyer unlock Yale / Nest brand by slapping them iirc.

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[–] Hungryhungryhippos2@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would be concerned with the access to your network

[–] ankole_watusi@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Customers networks, and then OP might be found liable. Especially if they had touted security.

[–] silasmoeckel@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Locks are pretty easy to bypass.

Are you willing to trust your company on a Chinese app and servers? They can go away in an instant you should be looking for things with local API's.

[–] ankole_watusi@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

The chances of them being secure are less than zero.

I’d have a really good liability policy if you’re planning on selling them and then be careful of your representations

companies that do the successfully go visit the factory themselves, and have experts evaluate product, safety, and security.

Even so, you have to constantly monitor for changes. Multiple factories produce the same product and there’s little respect for intellectual property the Chinese companies rip each other off left and right.

So the quality from a given exporter could radically change overnight.

[–] tungvu256@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

nobody picks locks. thieves and intruders kick doors down within 2 seconds. take whatever then leave under 10 minutes. hackers got better things to do than hacking your locks.