First the printer is the last thing you should have or trust.
Second, smart homes are not inherently insecure but idiots can EASILY make them that way. Many of the most talented, security minded, techs I’ve ever worked with are home assistant users.
Maintain local control only, avoid using cloud enabled devices and it’s fine.
Yeah I was gonna say. Loads of the guys I work with have pretty filled out home assistant setups with smart blinds, lighting, temp sensors, garage door controls etc. Theres a difference between having a smart house and getting random “smart” appliances like cloud activatable dishwashers etc
Most peple chase the flash of convenience. People who work in the industry know how gardenwalled a lot of that shit is, the huge privacy concerns and the fact it will be abandoned as soon as the company feels like it. We see the pitfalls and avoid.
It’s like that other one about “how come you always see a tech using some ancient giant server to do something a $50 media player can do”. Because our equipment predates the availability of that shit, and also our server will still work after your media hub stops supporting netflix.
Yeah. The people who spread this memes probably have some cheap WiFi router from a foreign manufacturer with default config that phones home to its mothership.
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Six years, and it’s still a sign of a bad techie.
First the printer is the last thing you should have or trust.
Second, smart homes are not inherently insecure but idiots can EASILY make them that way. Many of the most talented, security minded, techs I’ve ever worked with are home assistant users.
Maintain local control only, avoid using cloud enabled devices and it’s fine.
Stop pushing ignorant positions like this post.
Valid points…
But I’m still fine with operating light switches manually
Yeah I was gonna say. Loads of the guys I work with have pretty filled out home assistant setups with smart blinds, lighting, temp sensors, garage door controls etc. Theres a difference between having a smart house and getting random “smart” appliances like cloud activatable dishwashers etc
Yeah this meme is only true until you start using Home Assistant. It makes smart home stuff so easy.
Which most people for sure aren’t.
It a bit wider than what you’re looking at.
Most peple chase the flash of convenience. People who work in the industry know how gardenwalled a lot of that shit is, the huge privacy concerns and the fact it will be abandoned as soon as the company feels like it. We see the pitfalls and avoid.
It’s like that other one about “how come you always see a tech using some ancient giant server to do something a $50 media player can do”. Because our equipment predates the availability of that shit, and also our server will still work after your media hub stops supporting netflix.
Yeah. The people who spread this memes probably have some cheap WiFi router from a foreign manufacturer with default config that phones home to its mothership.