@csaba: It is defintiely unacceptable to force a customer for a primitive security solution to keep am important component - the certificate - in the hands of people who could possibly store it in plain text on an US server run by a Russian oligarch, for all we know.
Bad enough that we do not have independent third-party audits for the firmware (which would, of course, make the product way more costly), this product is built by people who either have a hidden agenda we do not know about or who believe that the customers are too stupid to handle that stuff themselves.
(There is a third and a fourth reason ccompanies would do that: vendor lock in is one. The stupid idea that people would pay to use a cloud service they do not actually need is the other one.)
Besides, good luck with the cloud solution once the manufacturer stops to support it - or goes out of business.
We will probably never know. I can still use the installed mechanical locks until some manufacturer not only has nice hardware (here, Tedee clearly delivers) but also a firmware/software solution to match (where some competitors run circles around Tedee.).
In progress. We are in the testing phase.
We are thrilled to announce that the Bridge API is now available for public preview! We promised you it this year, and we delivered.
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We encourage everyone to share their feedback, thoughts, and experiences as we move forward. However, we also want to remind our community to engage with respect and understanding. Every piece of feedback, when communicated constructively, is invaluable. We are a community united by our passion for innovation and excellence in smart home technology, and maintaining a positive and supportive environment is key to our collective success.
Important Note on Internet Connectivity
We've noticed some discussions around the requirement of an internet connection for the Bridge. I’d like to clarify that the primary goal of the Bridge API is not to enable operation without an internet connection. Instead, its purpose is to allow you to develop integrations that work within your local network, enhancing speed and reliability.
Regarding Internet connectivity:
Sorry.. Buying a competitor product now, as you appear to insist on you (an unreliable entity) having access to and generate certificates. Congratulations on the release, but I assume that not very few IT security people will find your implementation worth further consideration.
Best regards,
Jens
(Former Manager Information Securuty & Solutions, SHARP (Europe) , now retired)
It's not only the possibility of a shitty integration. I used Nello and just had a useless device when they went bankrupt and did not implement any way to still use the hardware without their servers.
Letting their vendors tell the customers that a local API will follow and then releasing an API almost 3 years later which is not fully local is just false advertisement and I dislike this kind of ... very much. This and lot's of other reasons discussed here leads to my form of communication, I am just very disappointed of Tedee.
Hi Jan, The Local API will be delivered this year. It will be our priority in following months.
@Konrad for your information: 23.11.2020 I have send multiple emails to your distributor smartlock.de. They answered me in an email (in german):
"...currently the API is cloud only. But they are work_ing_ at a local version (with bridge)...".
So yes, my fault that I trust a distributor and not tedee hq. But there were communication running 3 years! ago as long your distributor wasnt lying.
Immidiately after this email response, I bought your lock. Without this quote above, I wouldn't have bought it.
Just to make sure I understand this. The certificates are required for the Bluetooth clients (i.e. the bridge/phones) to identify themselves to the lock?
I also don't like that my lock is dependent on a third party in order to function because I've been burned by IOT companies going out of business in the past.
I like the callbacks feature though and at least local integrations should be robust against temporary internet connection issues.
@Kaktus I wrote a Post a couple of days which contained the Link of the Bridge-API Documentation which is also not published yet. I guess there is simply nobody checking the potential spam messages.
@StePhan - I'm not sure why I have never tried to test the wifi connection - it showed that the ping was fluctuating between 10ms - 3500ms so the whole time it was just poor wifi connection omg.
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Hi,
as I'm asking once in a year for the local REST API, I'll do it here aswell in the hope, that it become a better priority :)
I want that the very nice REST API is available just locally in my LAN
Why I want this:
- Security reasons: I want to be responsible on my own and this is only possible with a local REST API
- Availability: Sometimes, the currently available REST API in your cloud is pretty slow. I'm waiting 10 seconds for a response which is a no go. Also: when tedee shut down their services, I can trash my bridge and I'm not able to use this smart lock anymore (because I _never_ use the phone app, I just use my openhab integration and the App HTTP Shortcut which sends a request to an own build REST API which not just opens the main door, it also opens the entry door where no tedee is possible (build in electrical lock)
Please keep in mind, that the only reason why I chose Tedee over a competitor is, that before I bought it over a year ago, I got a response on my request from you, that "soon" a local API is available at the bridge.
I was thinking about to create an "offical" openhab binding for Tedee but if this feature is not upcoming in the next 12 months, I'll sell it and buy something from competitors which has the local API available.
Please take this also as constructive critics :)
BR
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