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Pyrzout :vm:Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/05/air-fryer-excessive-surveillance-smart-devices-which-watches-speakers-trackers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/05/air-fryer-excessive-surveillance-smart-devices-which-watches-speakers-trackers</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Dataandcomputersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dataandcomputersecurity</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Consumeraffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Consumeraffairs</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dataprotection</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Smartspeakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Smartspeakers</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Smartwatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Smartwatches</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Mobilephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mobilephones</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Smartphones</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Smarthomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Smarthomes</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Worldnews</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telecoms</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/UKnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKnews</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Money</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GDPR</a>

IT NewsCan you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes. - Enlarge / The most impressive part is what Home Assistant's voice contr... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2000574" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/?p=2000574</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/googleassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googleassistant</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/paulusschoutsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paulusschoutsen</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/voiceassistants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voiceassistants</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeautomation</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#speech</a>-to-text <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#text</a>-to-speech <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/voiceassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voiceassistant</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/amazonalexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amazonalexa</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/smarthomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarthomes</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/features" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#features</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chatgpt</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openai</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a>

Puneet Singh SinghalTech can create smart homes tailored for various disabilities. Imagine controlling your environment with a simple command. But, this shouldn't be a privilege for a few. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmartHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHomes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AccessibleLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AccessibleLiving</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#a11y</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisabilityRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SDGs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SDGs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Equity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AXSChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AXSChat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disability</a>

Agnieszka R. TurczyńskaLet it be a warning story for you, regarding smart home solutions.Two years ago we have bough a house. Together with the house came a thermostat for controlling the gas boiler. The one from the smart kind.Since the very beginning it was clear to me, this particular solution is a crap. The only way to control it was by login to the external web page and set the schedule and temperatures there, and the device at home periodically has checked if there is a change to fetch. Also, this particular device has only volatile memory. So, when power is turned off, the device needs to fetch the settings from the server.I've tried to replace it with another smart solution, but failed at it (and I have wrote a little bit about that as well).So, I am still using the one which came with the house.And the servers went down somewhen during last two weeks. So far the device is still working, with recent settings. So, I am not in dire needs. However, the first power failure means I am being left without heating.And what is the lesson for you? If you want to buy any kind of smart home solution, please make sure it will work decently without internet connection.The very basic check you can do is to open <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/</a>, find if there is available support for the device you want to buy, and check its IoT class. If this is local push or local polling, it would rather be OK. If this is a cloud push/cloud pulling, then further research is needed, as without the internet (or servers) available, the device's functionality will be degraded. Sometimes slightly, sometimes severely. And it is up to you to decide, if it is OK to be stuck with device having degraded functionality.PS. To make this clear - I have a backup plan, so no advice is needed. Unless you have a recommendation of a smart thermostat with temperature zone control, which works fully locally. Then I'd be glad to hear.<a href="https://circumstances.run/tags/smart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smart</a> <a href="https://circumstances.run/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> <a href="https://circumstances.run/tags/smarthomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarthomes</a> <a href="https://circumstances.run/tags/heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heating</a> <a href="https://circumstances.run/tags/thermostat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thermostat</a> <a href="https://circumstances.run/tags/thermostats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thermostats</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano<a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Alexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alexa</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IoT</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SmartHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHomes</a>: "If you happen to get kicked off your smart device, you might not have any legal recourse, according to Sadowski. Given the monopolies held by a handful of businesses that dominate our homes, this may prove particularly concerning.“The idea of locking somebody out without a proper investigation, whatever that means, is the prerogative of a private corporation,” Sadowski said. “There’s no due process here that they have to follow in the legal sense… Nobody is innocent until proven guilty in the court of Amazon.”In fact, he said that companies likely find smart devices valuable not necessarily due to the products themselves, but for the profitable information they collect. After all, Amazon uses Alexa data to target users with ads.So, what happens if Alexa hears someone bad-mouthing the company? Could the “court of Amazon” throw them in device jail? Thousands of Amazon employees listen to our conversations to improve Alexa’s performance, as reported by Bloomberg News in 2019. It’s easy to see how they could shut off all our devices if they hear us say something they don’t like."<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-tech-giants-like-amazon-can-hold-our-smart-homes-hostage" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-tech-giants-like-amazon-can-hold-our-smart-homes-hostage</a>

Omar<a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> I’m a dad, a husband, the CTO of a home automation company. When I’m not writing code or managing my team, I’m playing basketball or spending time with friends and family or listening to podcasts. The topics I’ll post about are <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/dadjokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dadjokes</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/lakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lakers</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/smarthomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarthomes</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rustlang</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/rubyonrails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rubyonrails</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> and just engage with people from the fediverse cause I always want to see the world from a fresh perspective.

StarkFinally, what is a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> to you? Is it monitor, control, or simply playing music in a room? Do you want it to be automated with motuon sensing and tracking or physical switches, ignoring <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>, and assume everything is just in your house.What do you want from <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IOT</a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SmartHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHomes</a>?

StarkRecently, I saw a report about <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IOT</a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SmartHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHomes</a>, that only about 10% of users actually connect their devices to their network and use the added features, so I want to ask <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> about their experience.If you are such a user who didn't connect their <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SmartDevice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartDevice</a> to their network, why?Are they features just not worth it? Thus, it is too much effort to actually connect and set up such devices, or are the features just not worth it?Are you worried about <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>? Did you actually read the privacy policies, or did you assume you don't want them to have that access and data?Ignoring setup and installation, what smart-home features would you like? Is it a sensor or control based? Do you want to control lights, appliances, and turning devices on and off, or do you want to measure metrics such as temperature in your house?Finally, is it possible that automation is just too much effort. For example, having a water sensor in your basement and getting a notification about a leak?

Rev Dr Tech-Dude 👽<a href="https://foobar.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> <a href="https://foobar.social/tags/TwitterMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TwitterMigration</a> I'm Dav (it's pronounced Dave) and I'm an old school geek, part teacher, part mentor, I love <a href="https://foobar.social/tags/SmartHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHomes</a>, <a href="https://foobar.social/tags/NodeJS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NodeJS</a>, <a href="https://foobar.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOSS</a>, and <a href="https://foobar.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cats</a> I'm an ordained minister for The Church of the Latter Day Dude (<a href="https://foobar.social/tags/TheBigLebowski" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheBigLebowski</a>) and a fan of <a href="https://foobar.social/tags/cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cannabis</a>

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