The rest of the project leans heavily on the hacker’s go-to, an Arduino and some off-the-shelf gesture recognition modules. Now, it’s possible to lock and unlock the door at the press of a ...

Bluetooth isn’t limited to wearables, either; deadbolts, garage door openers ... from sniffing the password sent in plain text to the lock (!), replay attacks, to more advanced techniques ...

These features trigger the lock based on your location (a technology also known as geofencing) via some combination of Bluetooth, cellular signal, GPS, and Wi-Fi. Having your door automatically ...

Unlocking is a case of bringing an NFC tag close to the receiver on the outside of the lock, using Bluetooth through the app, or pressing in and twisting the thumbturn on the inside of the door.