Coming home to a dark house is less scary with a smart lock

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There are lots of reasons as to why someone might dread the turning back of the clocks. (It is just, unanimously, The Worst.) Living alone or coming home to an empty house certainly doesn't feel as eery when a pink summer sky has your back — but when it's dark, the rush to get inside the house quickly while carrying armfuls of groceries feels like dashing up the basement steps as a kid. Read more...