[1514] Schlage’s “100% Pick-Proof” Smart Lock (LOL)

Is there such thing as a good smart or electronic lock? I'm very wary about them. I'd never trust a smart lock, because who says they can't just be hacked, or your credentials stolen.

We British made a similar mistake just over a hundred years ago concerning our „unsinkable“ ships... 🌊⛴🇬🇧😉

What kind of wire is that exactly?

Add a bevel to that wall of the actuator and the exploit becomes much more difficult, if not impossible.

Hey,... at least it isn't made by Masterlock!
Right? 🤪

Just say no to tech bloat being forced on you

My other slage has that setup, time for a new lock

Where was the battery?

OMG 😆

Thank you for your educational and security awareness content. I have been avoiding going wireless at home for other reasons and this just fortifies my reasoning. Guess still the best option is to have a couple of high-end locks just so it would take longer for the intruders to get in.

Its not a design flaw. Its there incase a battery dies and the motor stops working. The security flaw is the internet.

They also make for expensive replacements when they fail. I’ve seen it twice in the field personally. When you have to replace the unit outright on a dud or short circuit, and they cost that much, is it really worth the supposed convenience over a simple master key?

Edit: to be fair, only one was this Schlage product, the other was a similar Yale design.

Pickproof..
Hold my beer…
As a matter don’t bother it’s already open….😂😂😂

A lock that has a backdoor built in.

I had this exact lock on my old apartment and it died on me one time and I couldn’t get back into my apartment where everything was. Had to call maintenance and found out that 9v battery presses up against those silver circles at the bottom which will give enough power to register the fob and unlock it. Was definitely a stressful situation considering I was on the 4th floor and there literally was only the locked door for access in and out

Are there any smart locks that you like? What about the Schlage encode plus?

Just pissed off a bunch of people $$

I'd say that 'flaw' was an intentionally designed way to open the lock. The slant in the casting is too conveniently positioned to be an accident. There's probably even an official tool for the job.

Not flaw, it's by design, the hole is even angled / / towards the exploit.

It's backuo for the battery dies.
A battery on a door lock, lol.

That hole is likely there on purpose, specifically for this reason. Probably in case the lock is damaged and credentialling doesn't work.

I am sure this guy could have figured out how to blow up the death star

Schlage's Lawyer: "Claimed it was 100% Pick-proof. He did NOT use traditional Lock-picks, he used a wire."

Most criminals did not know about this exploit until you showed them.

That hole is definitely there so a property manager can open the lock if it malfuncitoned.

To think that one little hole on the bottom just neutralizes the effectiveness of an entirely otherwise un-pickable lock.

Seems like an easy fix with some JB Weld.

how embarassing

Unbelievable! I've been watching your videos for a while now. But it never ceases to amaze me how you can get away with such fluidity errors for years. You could have discovered something like this before the product was launched, or at least corrected it over time. Why don't they test their own locks?!!!

they should remake it with 3 very small drainholes

wow. you managed to piss off thousands of people in 5 minutes. you, sir are my new hero.

What a bad design. If the rotation system was in the top part of the lock it would be much harder to break in.

This was a solid advertisment for this ock tbh, usually he finds fundamental flaws that no normal person could fix. Here anyone with half a brain could figure out how to block the drain hole that really doesn't even need to be there in the first place..

Love how that hole seems specifically angled for ease of picking.

I have a newer lock which is blocking this from working. Do you think I could use compressed air to achieve the same function of driving up the plastic piece?

Who the fuck designed this lock and thought it was a good idea to have a hole that led directly to the mechanism completely unobstructed. This some Death Star level of stupidity.

For anyone who finds Schlage reckless, I got some "interesting" looks when I testified to an ALJ panel of a public utility regulatory commission, and pointed out specifics of FERC rules for electric utilities and grid management Interconnects that made informed public criticism of rate increase proposals or new facilities applications hard, but amounted to security theater and not valid security, as to their legislative justification.

Does this lock have an official manufacturer procedure to open or bypass in case of malfunctions?

That was the easiest pick ever

This lock is a dumb idea, you lose your phone, you’re locked out. At least with a tradition lock you can hide a spare key outside or give it to a neighbor. With this you’d have to call your landlord

Another famous "DOH!" moment in the annals of lock manufacturing.

so if you were to block the drain hole, it'd actually be unpickable for you?

Well, the death star had the same flaw, so cut them some slack. 😅

Seems kinda easy to fix

Since this video the new ones have a spring there where the little hole is so it's alot harder and they direct the hole towards the other size

You can't pick or bump it, but you can essentially look at it really hard and it'll open

Considering it took more time unscrewing the thing with a power tool, maybe the lock should have just had a bunch of screws on the front, to make people think "Ah this lock is easy to mess with, all I gotta do is unscrew these, I can't believe they didn't even hide the screws" but it turns out that it wastes more time for an attacker to be seen trying to bust a lock open than it is to pick locks like these normally.

In that case, If I am a lockpicker, It can be unlocked by drilling a hole under it. It looks like this lock destroys easily.

That does look like a bargain at only $320.

I'm curious as to the percentage of criminals who would have the ability to do what LPL can. Any guesses?