A smart lock offers the benefits of a conventional deadbolt without the need to carry a physical key. Instead, many smart locks have keypads for PINs and/or electronic keys, where the “key” lives in ...

New insights into how smart digital locks, biometric access, and connected door security systems are reshaping modern ...

Spending an hour or two around any consumer-level padlock or house deadbolt lock with a simple lockpicking kit will typically instill a good amount of panic and concern about security. While it’s true ...

The Level Lock+ was the winner of Forbes’ best smart locks roundup because it offered the best overall mix of form, function and features: It looks like an ordinary lock, but it packs cutting-edge ...

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Almost everyone has experienced fumbling for keys in the dark, misplacing a set right before leaving the house, or worrying about who might have a copy. Traditional keys come with real drawbacks. They ...

One of the Wallet features introduced in iOS 15 last year was support for home keys, which lets users add digital keys for compatible HomeKit door locks to the Wallet app on their iPhone and Apple ...