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Smart-homes: The future, or harmful?
(beehaw.org)
What do you guys think of the idea of smart homes? I could make a basic setup using https://home-assistant.io to control my home temperature and lighting; the tools for doing this are everywhere nowadays and implementation doesn't seem too horrific anymore.
But setting aside what I "can" do, is this something that I "should" do? How can a person implement this without connecting any devices to the internet?
I love my smart lights. It's convenient controlling my lights with my voice and setting up automation rules for them.
Yes, there's some privacy concerns. Personally, I just assume it might happen and consider it worth it. Honestly, I just don't really care much if Phillips knows when I turn my lights on. I mean, my neighbours can figure that out just by looking at my place.