[HN Gopher] My New Apartment's Most Aggravating Feature
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       My New Apartment's Most Aggravating Feature
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2024-01-11 21:59 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | kjandersen wrote:
       | Including the fact that the smartlock _also_ has a keypad, and
       | that the code is just 7 digits the author claims not to be able
       | to memorize seems like a really easy way to undermine an
       | otherwise solid story about dystopian crapware apps locking
       | tenants out of their rented property.
        
         | HomeDeLaPot wrote:
         | Yeah, I would have memorized the two 7-digit codes. And being
         | able to re-key locks without having to physically send someone
         | to the property seems like a legitimate innovation. I'm
         | personally a little more weirded out by the pictures and
         | activity being sent to the landlord and who knows where else.
        
       | lvspiff wrote:
       | I rented an apt that was integrated with latch and it was crazy
       | frustrating. The app only worked half the time, the door pad was
       | in a circle and recognized numbers wrong half the time as they
       | were not physical buttons, and which made it difficult to get in
       | the building even at times if you were carrying anything. Half
       | the time people left doors propped open cause it only was like a
       | 5 second unlock.
       | 
       | We begged for a key card which they finally relented to giving us
       | after 3 months which was a bit more tolerable but still annoying
       | to not just have a key. Technology has improved to a degree but
       | it's definitely not fully baked
        
       | jbburt wrote:
       | my apartment building in Boston (part of AvalonBay Communities)
       | installed Latch last year, and I can't agree more with this
       | article. sure, one 7 digit code isn't difficult to memorize, and
       | I obviously memorized the code for the door to my unit. but in my
       | building alone, there's one door to the main lobby; a first-floor
       | main entrance; another first-floor entryway that requires opening
       | two distinct doors sequentially; and, in the adjacent building
       | where the gym is, there are at least three doors to enter the
       | building from outside, plus a second door to the gym itself; and
       | EVERY DOOR HAS A DIFFERENT CODE. it's an absolutely terrible
       | system
        
         | nine_zeros wrote:
         | LATCH is absolute garbage. Their Bluetooth often doesn't even
         | work. And yeah, now without a phone, I am homeless.
        
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