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TECH NEWS
2022 Squire inigma Diamond BL1 D-lock - 2Squire’s Bluetooth-controlled inigma Diamond BL1 D-lock comes with top Sold Secure rating
Squire has launched a new Bluetooth-controlled inigma Diamond BL1 smart D-lock that comes with Sold Secure Diamond rating – the highest available for bike locks. Like existing inigma locks, it is secured using “maximum security AES-256 bit military-grade encryption”, according to Squire.
The Squire inigma Diamond BL1 digital D-lock features a hardened steel lock body and a 12.7mm hardened boron steel shackle that’s designed to be resistant to extreme attacks of over five minutes using a range of heavy-duty tools.
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inigma Diamond BL1 works by using Bluetooth to communicate with your smartphone via the inigma app that you can download from the App Store or Google Play.
You register your details on the app, then pair the lock with your smartphone. There are no keys or combinations.
You can share the lock with others – allowing more than one person to open it – control multiple locks from the same phone, and program the lock to open at set times and dates. You can also see who had access at any time via an audit trail.
The Squire inigma Diamond BL1 has a claimed weight of 1.44kg, so it’s easily portable.
Squire already offers the inigma FL1 folding lock (£179.99) and an inigma IC1 chain lock (£179.99), each with a Sold Secure Bronze rating.
Bluetooth-controlled locks from other brands have been around for several years. We reported on Bitlock’s Bluetooth keyless bike lock way back in 2013, for example.
The Squire inigma Diamond BL1 lock is currently on Kickstarter looking for funding. To be in line for a Squire inigma Diamond BL1 lock you need to pledge at least £180 with delivery expected in October (you've missed the special 'early bird' offer; sorry). That will also be the inigma Diamond BL1’s usual price when it goes on general sale.
As we always point out with anything to do with crowdfunding, it’s not the same as buying directly from a retailer. That said, Squire has been around for 240 years and we’d say that the chance of non-delivery is negligible if the funding target is met.
Check out the Squire inigma Diamond BL1's Kickstarter page here.
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
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Agreed. This is doomed to failure!
seems like they are needlessly over thinking something that is kept very simple for a reason.
What if your phone battery dies?
What if the battery on the lock dies, is faulty or you forgot to charge it up before leaving the house?? - There is no back up method for unlocking the lock and if the battery is completely dead/faulty, you are basically need to destroy the lock to get your bike back or to keep using the lock.
100years from now or the end of time a regular lock will still open with a key. if the lock has been kept in decent enough condition. This smart lock wont work at all. Electronics generally dont stand the test of time due to oxidiation of the soldering joints and general life span of the components used like resistors, capacitors, chokes etc etc etc
If squire thinks the old lock and key system is not secure then thats their entire business gone down the drain as making strong padlocks and chains is their bread and butter.
Ive never seen or heard of a thief picking a bike lock or a padlock of any sort - Most of them prefer the brute force method of smashing it with a brick or using an angle grinder.
Developer needs to support the app as the OS is patched and the OS is changed to a higher version.
Not hard to find apps no longer supported and not working as the developers did not rewrite them for newer OS.
I thought the point of crowdfunding was for small/new companies to raise capital without going through normal VC routes. Why exactly are Squire doing it?
And why on earth would anyone pay full price for this through Kickstarter? Aside from the risks of kickstarter and the fact that it won't be delivered until October (maybe), once it is available for general retail I'm sure you will be able to find it cheaper through the normal retail channels.
Alot of bigger companies crowd fund nowadays as it allows them to essentially gauge pre-orders. If they don't have enought to be worth their while, the cancel and refund.
Pretty sure one of the bigger toy companies does it with their "limited" collectibles ranges.
And of course Knog did it with their bells.
Phone app for a lock.
What could possibly go wrong?
I'll start the bidding:
1) manufacturer ceases support for the app, shuts down the server, lock no longer operational, goodwill voucher for £10 (redeemable against MkII lock).
2) you never got the email, your best bike was locked for the winter season ...
"Due to the increasing costs of maintaining the unlock servers, we will now be offering Unlock-as-a-service. As a treat to our customers, we will be offering the first unlock free-of-charge, but subsequent unlocks will be subject to contracted terms and conditions (see attached)"
"Military grade encryption"? That means nothing whereas AES-256 at least tells you that it should be secure. I'm not convinced about Bluetooth security and wonder why they chose that over something like NFC which is a lot harder to intercept. I don't see why unlocking from a distance is something that you'd want (unless you're a thief in which case you can innocently wander near some locked bikes without raising suspicions).
NFC would also allow the lock to remain passive with RFID, whereas I think this Bluetooth implementation needs to be recharged periodically. Not a problem until somebody forgets or a cold day depletes the charge more quickly.
... or maybe I the lock would have to stay active with NFC, either way I can see a lock that needs to be charged is a solution looking for a problem.
I suspect it needs more energy than available over NFC to physically move a lock/unlock mechanism. There's going to be a solenoid, or at least an electromagnet, somewhere.
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