An incorrect update left hundreds of smart lock users stranded last week, and displayed a potential downside of Internet-connected physical security systems.<\/p>\n
Ars Technica reported<\/strong><\/a> that around 500 LockState RemoteLock 6i smart locks became inoperable after a faulty software update caused a\u00a0fatal system error.<\/p>\n The report stated that affected 6i locks received a\u00a0firmware update developed for 7i locks – essentially leaving them bricked.<\/p>\n The company was bombarded with messages on social media following the error, with users unable to lock or unlock their doors.<\/p>\n “Complicating the matter” was that the\u00a0RemoteLock 6i is included in an Airbnb partnership called Host Assist, stated the report.<\/p>\n This “left many hosts unable to remotely control their locks”.<\/p>\n An incorrect update left hundreds of smart lock users stranded last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":224546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[45326,30722],"class_list":["post-224544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-lockstate","tag-smart-lock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224548,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224544\/revisions\/224548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read:\u00a0Hacker leaks more HBO series<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"