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Why would someone want a smartphone-enabled garage door opener?

Asked by LuckyGuy (43704points) March 6th, 2017

There are several units on the market. (You can do your own search on amazon, smarthome, or other companies but here is one example.)

Why would someone want this? Isn’t it a massive security leak while offering little to no advantage over a simple remote?
Do we know that the open/closed information isn’t being sent to a third party – or cannot be opened by a hacker through via a secret backdoor?

Do you have one of these? Why? How is it better than your remote?

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