I locked myself out of my house and two factor authentication made it more difficult

[1sikbITCH]

yeah but the point of having the doors that can't be opened from the outside without the key is not having to go back to make sure you locked the door every time you feel a tingle 10 meters away from the door.

Better to have the keys and have to walk 30 meters (who can't remember something that happened 30 meters ago?) than to NOT have the keys and be locked out.

 

[killster1]

which one of these is the most reliable.. i have seen bad reviews on quiet a few of them. either the mechanizim fails or something. i have key burried and a lockpicking set in the car but maybe would take me a hour to lock pick the front door ;P

 

[Leros]

I worry about the security of these. You can tell which keys are getting used. Knowing that, it only takes a few minutes to try all possible codes.

 

[Murloc]

Better to have the keys and have to walk 30 meters (who can't remember something that happened 30 meters ago?) than to NOT have the keys and be locked out.

I never got locked out of the house but I often have to doublecheck car locking. I'm OCD that way.

 

[cubby1223]

yeah but the point of having the doors that can't be opened from the outside without the key is not having to go back to make sure you locked the door every time you feel a tingle 10 meters away from the door.

I think you mixed up a few words in there

Had one of those doors in a college apartment one year. Number of burglary attempts? Zero. Number of times between myself and my roommate locked out? A dozen or so.

Now with a door that cannot be opened from the inside when it is locked, number of burglary attempts? Zero. Number of times I've forgotten to lock the door when leaving? Zero. Number of times I have locked myself out? Zero.

I understand the point of such locking mechanisms. I still find them to me far more trouble than they are helpful.

 

[Midwayman]

I worry about the security of these. You can tell which keys are getting used. Knowing that, it only takes a few minutes to try all possible codes.

Most have a lock out for X minutes after a few wrong codes. It would take hours to try based on worn buttons. If you get the ZWAVE version you can have it text or email you when a code it entered. We have one and when our dog walker comes in during the day we get a text and a photo from the front security camera. It would take an especially stupid thief to try and break in through codes when they can smash a window in seconds.

 

[rh71]

what kind of lock is on the door to your garage that it could lock on its own? At my previous house with the same setup, it was a simple turn of the dial in the middle of the knob, and you can't open it unless it's unlocked to begin with. Whoever came up with doors that can open when that's set to lock - that's not very much genius is it?

 

[momeNt]

You should have the number of any friend who has your house key committed to memory.

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

perhaps lesson is to never go anywhere without phone? I guess thats what we've come to.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

perhaps lesson is to never go anywhere without phone? I guess thats what we've come to.

Or stash a spare phone in the washing machine

 

[MixMasterTang]

I worry about the security of these. You can tell which keys are getting used. Knowing that, it only takes a few minutes to try all possible codes.

Mine has 6 digit codes and I believe will lock out temporarily after 10 bad attempts. Mine also has a manual key that can be used in case of a malfunction.

 

[Leros]

Most have a lock out for X minutes after a few wrong codes. It would take hours to try based on worn buttons. If you get the ZWAVE version you can have it text or email you when a code it entered. We have one and when our dog walker comes in during the day we get a text and a photo from the front security camera. It would take an especially stupid thief to try and break in through codes when they can smash a window in seconds.

Ah, of course. That lockout makes sense.

 

[momeNt]

I worry about the security of these. You can tell which keys are getting used. Knowing that, it only takes a few minutes to try all possible codes.

Not if you put in failed codes on purpose to give all the keys the same amount of fingering....

 

[MixMasterTang]

Not if you put in failed codes on purpose to give all the keys the same amount of fingering....

Mine is programmable with at least 10 different codes. I think all of my buttons wear evenly with 3+ people using different 6 digit codes.

 

[who?]

Typical doors between house and garage are easy to open. The striker is curved on the front to retract as the door closes, then spring back open securing the door in the latch. Any sort of thin item, wire, putty knife, credit card, that can slip between the door and frame and push on the striker from the front will make it retract and the door opens.

Burglars know this which is why those doors should have a deadbolt and the back door to the garage should be barricaded.

 

[torpid]

There's an option for an alternate email for two-factor, isn't there? Also, you could have supplied a google voice # and then set google voice to forward calls. So perhaps it is not so much two factor itself as your use of it.