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title: "Weekly Update 518: IoT Doorlock Nirvana with UniFi"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/weekly-update-518-iot-doorlock-nirvana-with-unifi-vhlbrwkww
source_url: https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-518
type: article
source: "Troy Hunt"
published: 2026-08-24T05:16:12.349Z
updated: 2026-08-24T05:16:29.804Z
tags: ["security", "iot"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Weekly Update 518: IoT Doorlock Nirvana with UniFi

**[Troy Hunt](https://daily.dev/sources/troyhunt)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Troy Hunt shares a weekly update describing his residential IoT door lock setup using Ubiquiti's UniFi ecosystem, built around four principles: mains power instead of batteries, fail-secure locking during outages, local control to avoid cloud latency, and manual override for emergencies. He plans to first test the approach on a low-stakes laundry door before rolling it out more broadly across the house, noting some unresolved edge cases around keeping a door closed but unlocked.

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