They install smart locks and stay on the street

[OyaYansa]

What is the worst that can happen if you install a lock that needs an Internet connection? Effectively: you have no Internet connection. That is precisely what has happened to the users of one of these devices, specifically the LS6i, who now found themselves in the street and unable to access their homes.

Without warning, these intelligent locks for the connected home received a firmware update. The problem is that this update left them without connectivity, so they were directly blocked and stopped working. We can imagine the face of their owners when trying to enter the house. They could only do so after the corresponding call to the locksmith.

These locks, as The Verge points out, are what Airbnb recommends to people who rent homes through their platform. They are opened with a key or a key, although in any case they still need to have their software in perfect condition.

One of the challenges of Smart Home is security. That a vacuum cleaner or a smart robot compromises your privacy is a problem, but the thing happens to majors when it is your lock that has problems of operation. For now the manufacturer claims that it was a problem of a few users and has been mostly solved. However, there are still some who have not been able to reestablish the device and have had to send it back.

The truth is that the operation does not inspire much confidence to those who are thinking of getting one of these smart locks.

This incident is something that had to happen sooner or later. Now it's about working to improve the performance of a technology that has come to stay. The security of the connected household should be a priority for all manufacturers who want to be part of this market, although it seems that it is already for the majority.