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Generate a one time valid link

PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 8:05 am
by aurelutz2007
How about generating a one time only valid link from the app and send that link to a friend who is just going to visit you?
Not all of our friends are having iPhones and this means that it does not matter what smartphone they have as long as they have internet connection, they will be able to open your gate when arriving to our homes.

Re: Generate a one time valid link

PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:07 pm
by support
That's a nice feature idea ... It was on our list but it does have some security implications ... We'll see how other people react to the idea ... Thanks for posting!

Re: Generate a one time valid link

PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 3:56 am
by aurelutz2007
Could you be more specific and give us some details about security problems?

Re: Generate a one time valid link

PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 8:07 am
by support
For instance if someone else intercepts the email containing the link ... emails aren't considered secure by nature ... Unless you had some other means in mind for sending that one-time link? That is also not easily implementable with the current backend implementation as it's 100% stateless (at least for now).

Re: Generate a one time valid link

PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:39 pm
by aurelutz2007
Sorry for my late replay.

Ok, I agree that emails are not safe enough for sending the link.
How about sending the link as text message (SMS)?
This should be safe.

Re: Generate a one time valid link

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 7:54 pm
by support
Even SMS aren't super secure, but then again, even if we'd have a secure means of transport, the current backend is stateless and we don't have storage for tokens (at least at this time). This is a cool idea and we'll add to our backlog but I don't foresee this being implemented short term, unfortunately.