Why do I need to sign in and give phone number for my lock? – August Home Review

Update: “Authorization Error” when I try to set my password. I can’t get into my house because this thing is a piece of junk with useless error messages. Old review: I hate this thing. I don’t know how the reviews are so high. It’s terrible. I have to give them all of my personal info including phone number and picture, and have to create an account just to use my bluetooth lock. Even if I don’t want the invite/sharing functionality. There is no need for this. It’s just harvesting personal info unnecessarily and will probably get hacked and/or sold to marketing companies. Not only that, but the thing won’t even create my account. It just says error 400 bad request when I try to register. So I just bought a brick. Update: Now it just gives me 401 unauthorized. NO USEFUL TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION AT ALL. STOP WASTING MY TIME.
Review by anon 73882 on August Home.