If you’ve paid attention to all the security news of late, you’ll notice we are inundated with talk of digital security in locks.

Every other article, it seems, reviews the latest digital smart lock, the improvement of digital keys, and whether the execution of such ideas is safe.

While digital keys and smart locks are rarely used in the commercial industry, it’s important to keep an eye on where that part of the industry is headed.

Your Smart Home Devices Might Be Smart, But are They Secure?

The main reason digital security hasn’t flooded the commercial and retail industry right now is the fear of hackers.

Sure, your smart devices might be smart, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there’s not a stranger out there who’s smarter.

Computers are vulnerable and with advances in technology, information hacks seem to be a dime a dozen these days. The article linked above focuses on the risks of your smart home.

Schools Adds Facial Recognition Locks

Unfortunately, because of recent and tragic events, school security is a very hot topic. Just recently a Catholic high school in St. Louis installed facial recognition locks that really upped their school security game.

All students and teachers have had their faces scanned and uploaded into a database system. When they enter the school, a lock scans their face and must come up with a positive match before they can go into then school.

Sounds a little like a sci-fi movie, right?

Open Sesame

In my sorority (a million years ago) we had a secret knock the girls had to use if they came to a meeting late. (I was the Guard and therefore in charge of the accuracy of the secret knock.)

In that same vein, a new lock has been created by a company called Sesame that allows users to create “secret knocks” to unlock a door. The company says the lock also comes with an app that also makes it a smart lock. The company is raising money via a Kickstarter campaign, but others have pointed out the one large error they face: What if someone else learns your knock?

I guess we’ll have to wait and see exactly how this all pans out.

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