Rhea Kapoor

Security analyst turned home access researcher focused on offline-capable locks and layered defenses for real homes.

Security fails at the weakest dependency; remove the cloud from the chain.

A citywide ISP outage hit during a heatwave. Neighbors with cloud-tethered locks were locked out; mechanical keys were missing. My offline deadbolt with local PINs just worked. That night I mapped attack paths and started testing locks with the router unplugged. Local-first became non-negotiable.

I favor open, offline-capable locks with auditable local APIs and strong mechanical cores.