This was a bigger pain in the ass to install than the directions made it seem. I was lucky to have my friend Kathy pitch in because it took four hands to juggle the part on the inside of the house! The other element which is incredibly disappointing is that the software to communicate with my iPhone is crap. Allegedly, the two locks on are the network; my AirPort software detected two MAC addresses I couldn’t identify. How they did it would be impressive given a password being required. They should’ve set up a BlueTooth option, then I could make sure the locks are passing on the credentials.
Despite the iPhone element being a bust (multiple codes is a “no”), meaning I will probably upgrade to more expensive systems, I did succeed in coming up with a hard-to-guess eight-digit passcode. Remember everybody, don’t go with things thieves can figure out if they’ve pulled off social engineering on you. For example, your birthday, close relatives’ birthdays or in my case, certain numbers I favor through TV shows, Science/Math or jokes.
The other part pissing me off is the locks’ origin, China. Just great, like a scene from Red Dawn 2: General Mulan, the PLA paratroopers land outside the Austin suburbs, a Tech Soldier whips out his tablet, aims at the houses and POW! They’re all unlocked. Thanks American Kapitalsim, profit before security as always. Seems WiFi wasn’t the only industry asleep at the wheel on 5G.