A smart phone featuring a new app called ShareKey which allows one to unlock doors via their phone (© TechNewsDaily via Mashable)

New tech turns your smartphone into a house key

1/6/2013

In the endless quest to let smartphones be capable of anything and everything, a new barrier has been crossed: physical locks. With ShareKey, you can just wave your smartphone in front of the lock on your door and have your entryway unlocked in no time. The technology allows you to keep multiple keys on your profile, as well as create temporary keys for other people who might need to get in, like a dog sitter or the cable guy. Of course, you're also trusting a computer program with controlling access to your home, but nobody ever hacks into a smartphone, right? [Source]

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