This smart lock from August uses a Bluetooth connection to unlock your door. That means you and your phone or Apple Watch have to be close by (about 30 feet or so) to unlock your door. These smart locks also have an auto-lock that let you set your door to automatically lock up to 30 minutes after you leave. Or auto-unlock when you get home so if you hands are full, no fumbling for your phone. Are Bluetooth smart locks safe? Many security experts recommend against them as Bluetooth technology has shown to have some well-known security vulnerabilities.
Was könnte passieren, wenn etwas schiefgeht?
Security researchers found a vulnerability in a version of August's smart locks that use the Connect add-on to connect to WiFi that could let hackers take over your home WiFi. This smart lock connects via Bluetooth with the Connect add-on and option to connect it to your WiFi. This is a good reminder that smart locks bring convenience and some added layer of security in that you can track who comes and goes to your home and give temporary access to people like your babysitter and then revoke that access after a set period of time. But smart locks also come with some additional security concerns. August doesn't sell user data, which is good. Still, it wouldn't be any fun to get locked out of your own home because of a security flaw in your smart lock.
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Kamera
Gerät: Nein
App: Ja
Mikrofon
Gerät: Nein
App: Ja
Verfolgt den Standort
Gerät: Nein
App: Ja
Was kann zur Registrierung verwendet werden?
E-Mail-Adresse
Ja
Telefonnummer
Ja
Drittanbieter-Konto
Nein
Welche Daten sammelt das Unternehmen?
Persönliche
Name, email, phone number
Körperbezogen
Soziale
Guests who you give to access your house.
Wie nutzt das Unternehmen die Daten?
Wie können Sie Ihre Daten kontrollieren?
Wie ist das Unternehmen in der Vergangenheit mit den Daten über seine Verbraucher umgegangen?
Older versions of the August Smart Lock that pair with the August Connect may make your Wifi network vulerable to hackers. August was notified about the vulnerability in December 2019, but may not have fixed the problem. August implies that this problem is low risk.
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Links zu Datenschutzinformationen
Erfüllt dieses Produkt unsere Mindestsicherheitsstandards?
Verschlüsselung
Data is encrypted in transit.
Sicheres Passwort
Sicherheits-Updates
Umgang mit Schwachstellen
August accepts reports of vulnerabilities through [email protected], and engages respectfully with researchers, remediates the associated vulnerabilities, and assists them in publishing their findings.
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August smart locks could be giving hackers your Wi-Fi credentialsMolly Price
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