Hello Lemmy!

I have moved to a walkable area and no longer need to have my car keys on me all the time. My landlord has put in a crappy 4 digit combination style door lock, but said I could change it.

What is the best kind of keyless door lock that I can use instead? Ideally one with decent enough security to be as good or better than a key?

Thanks for your input!

  • kambusha@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Ah, ok, so there’s only 4 numbers to work with, and the code has to be a length of 4 as well? Can numbers not be repeated? It should be 4^4 I believe, because you can do 1-1-1-1, 1-1-1-2 etc.

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      4 months ago

      Assuming the numbers go from 0 to 9 (those included) and can be repeated, it must be 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 = 10000 combinations :-)

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      4 months ago

      Their assumption is that it is four digits long and the person knows which four digits but not the order.

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        4 months ago

        Ah, ok. So it’s not just trying all combinations. The numbers could be worn out from pressing over and over, for example.