I have a few sneaky tiptoeing but loveable miscreants as part of my family and I would like to keep them out of my office. I’m sure some of you can relate.
My problem is that most of the locks I’m finding are big, heavy, super-secure deadbolts. I don’t care about the actual security, I just want a simple interior lock that I can open with a pin/NFC/fingerprint and also log entry and exits in HA. Does anyone know of a lock that’s more “lightweight” than the common options. After all, if they make it into my office there will be evidence all over in the form of fingerprints on the window of my PC case! :-D. I just need a mild deterrent.
The wife already nixed a motion sensor turning all the lights red and triggering horror movie sounds.
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If you don’t need a good lock, any smart lock will do. Just watch the videos by the Lockpicking Lawyer on YT. Those “smart” locks are rather horrible. For most, you don’t even need lock picks.
Tbh, all locks are horrible in the hands of an experienced picker…
And for the inexperienced picker, a window is much easier to defeat than a lock.
Yes, but opening a lock by just hitting it with a hammer or holding a magnet to it is a new kind of low.
The LPL has shown often enough that his skills are not needed in all cases.
Any smart lock should work on an interior door, you may have to drill a deadbolt but its the simplest solution. Switchbot and U-tec both make smart locks with fingerprints and excellent Home Assistant integration. Ubiquiti also sells magnetic latches you could install for access control if you’re in their ecosystem.
If you can give up on Home Assistant integration/smart features, however, there are oodles of push-button and even fingerprint door (without other connectivity features) knobs out there. Most of them are terrible quality and not secure but that doesn’t really matter to you and they are cheap.
The second part of your comment rings true for me. I guess I could just put a dumb lock on the door and use a simple motion sensor to let me know if someone is skulking around.
Why not just use a door sensor to tell when it’s opened?
To be real…kind of all of them. All the “smart” locks you see for sale are WILDLY insecure at the consumer level.
You are correct that almost all of them focus on the deadbolt, but look at something like this. I kind of hate this company, but they make components as well as entire lock systems.
I have no idea if they work with HA or not, just giving you a jumping off point to familiarize yourself with the options and terminology to have a deeper search.
Sliding old school deadbolt at the top