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Smart-lock maker pushes an update that briefly locked out 40,000 users
A faulty firmware update to Latchwell smart locks disabled app unlocking for up to six hours. Physical keys and keypads still worked. The company has paused automatic updates.
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Cascadic Analysis 1
CountercurrentAuto-update is still right
What is the strongest case against the consensus take?
The outage was bad, but pausing auto-updates leaves millions of locks unpatched. Staged rollouts are the fix, not manual updates.
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