Locks and Security Blog

At this point one would expect domotics to be much more widespread and our homes to be at least as intelligent as our phones. But although this is still a pending subject of the XXI century, little by little more interesting solutions (although at little popular prices) to automate our houses begin to stand out. …

Kwikset Kevo, opening the door of your house with one finger (and iPhone in your pocket) Read More »

Let’s imagine that we arrive one day from a trip to the hotel, we are tremendously tired due to the trip and there is a queue to check into the hotel and receive the key to our room. Perhaps it is not a situation that happens to us very often but I assure you that …

The Hilton hotel chain will open its doors with our iPhone Read More »

In October, colleagues were telling us about Lockitron, a connected lock that was expected to be marketed in early 2013 after raising more than two million dollars through a successful crowdfunding campaign. But the hardware is difficult and everything that could go wrong went wrong. Finding a partner in China capable of making your product …

Lockitron tries again to conquer our locks with Bolt. Read More »

Door bells are one of many Home Kit accessory categories that manufacturers can create. Or rather it was, because in the last few hours it has disappeared from the list in which we have categories such as lights, plugs, thermostats, doors, loudspeakers or cameras. A temporary or definitive elimination? The truth is that we haven’t …

Door bells disappear from the list of Home Kit accessories Read More »

The irruption of products compatible with the Home Kit continues without losing intensity and the last to go on sale is the August connected lock. It is actually the second version of this product and with this integration has boosted its possibilities. Until now, the lock only interacted with the user through the application, but …

“Hey Siri, open the door”, August lock integrates into HomeKit Read More »

HomeKit was the beginning of everything and over the years Apple has not stopped boosting its presence in connected/intelligent homes. AirPlay 2 for streaming content between home devices, the HomePod as the central speaker and house assistant, Apple TV as the multimedia center… And it seems that there are still many more plans. As CNBC …

Apple hires a former Microsoft executive to boost its domotics area Read More »

Situations of a modern world. The Norwegian police arrested last January a 27-year-old boy in possession of 520 grams of cocaine and despite acknowledging his guilt, the aforementioned has refused to unlock his iPhone, protected by TouchID. The Norwegian authorities, unaware of the origin of the seized drugs, suspect that the device contains valuable information …

Norwegian police will force a detainee to unlock his iPhone using TouchID Read More »

We already know that Mac OS is one of the most secure operating systems out there. However, we may want to be certain that we really do have insurmountable shielding. For that there are some security programs, firewalls, antivirus, etc. that, although generally not necessary, under certain conditions can be useful. One of these programs …

GlowWorm, internet security tool Read More »

These days the center of attention in the fight against terrorism in the United States has been taken by an iPhone 5c, which, as you know, had one of the terrorists killed after the attacks that took place in San Bernardino. The authorities in that country have strong suspicions that the terminal may contain a …

Is the iPhone an impregnable mobile? Read More »

The iPhone has always been considered as a reference in terms of security in the world of telephony. Apple’s fierce controls over the App Store and an obsession to defend user privacy, which we have seen clearly in the affair with the FBI, have put the terminal at the mercy of hackers. Or that is …

Snowden warns: iPhone could be a victim of ‘global’ attack Read More »