Knock-detecting locks

[Dean Nickel]

As with anything workmanship is something we are losing. You look at locks made in 1900 and then locks made in 2000 and you will see that the locks made 100 years ago are better made and will last over time. Today I am lucky to get a lock that will last 25 years. House locks you are lucky if they last 5-10 years. The electronic locks would work better and last longer if the engineers were trained to build for rough handling like heavy traces and better protection of wires and such. Not the "lets see how cheap we can make it".

Electronics is here just like the dial safe lock of 160 years ago. In time they will work out some of it.... but I don't think to the same level as they did on the dial locks.

[wylk]

The electronic locks would work better and last longer if the engineers were trained to build for rough handling like heavy traces and better protection of wires and such.

They also need to design security devices with security in mind. There have been too many successful supermagnet attacks, see The $300 Lock You Can Break in Seconds - Forbes for example. Or even paper clips: Defcon Lockpickers Open Card-And-Code Government Locks In Seconds - Forbes. Designers might eventually get it right with one particular lock, but these days a completely new product gets built and marketed before its predecessor can mature.