• HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1·
    50 seconds ago

    Yeah, I get it and I share much of the sentiment, but I bet this guy uses Facebook. Everybody should have some level of paranoia, but it’s the rare individual that can beat them all. Me, I’m not on Facebook or any other non-anonymous social media, but I use Gmail. Almost everybody trades off a little somewhere.

  • irish_link@lemmy.world
    15·
    3 hours ago

    HomeAssistant for the win! Not everything needs to be connected but for those things I would like to control I want CONTROL. So only my server (not even the nubucasa servers) control it!

    • NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 hours ago

      Big difference between “smart home stuff” and stuff compatible with home assistant. You host home assistant yourself on your own hardware and everything is connected in one interface. You only need one app, or one webpage. No shady actors get access to your home, you control everything.

    • Da Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      2 hours ago

      I want/need to switch over from Google home to home assistant . So, how difficult would it be to migrate over? We mostly have smart plugs and a Google nest thermostat.

      Is a raspberry pi adequate for this, or do I need a mini pc?

      • tyler@programming.dev
        3·
        30 minutes ago

        It will automatically adopt almost everything. A raspberry pi is ok, but I would recommend a PC depending on how many things you have.

  • Red0ctober@lemmy.world
    19·
    4 hours ago

    The number of appliances that have an app is fucking insane. I’m sorry, but I don’t need my oven to have internet connectivity. We got by just fine before.

    • HidingUnderHats@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 hours ago

      That is what I thought (and still do, for the most part), but being at the grocery store and starting the oven preheat is pretty nice.

        • spongebue@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 hour ago

          Honest question though: what of real value can a company gain by knowing that I turned my oven to 350, or that I switched my air conditioning on? Assuming app permissions match what’s needed and I’m not giving up my contacts or whatever. Or is that a more common issue than I realize?

          • tyler@programming.dev
            3·
            31 minutes ago

            What time you usually cook, so the best time to show you other advertisements, or if you’re in the store once super targeted customer by customer pricing gets implemented (it’s already in place in many locations) then the price raises just for you since you turned your oven on (or will turn your oven on in a few minutes).

            • spongebue@lemmy.world
              2·
              18 minutes ago

              What time you usually cook, so the best time to show you other advertisements

              I guess I can grant you that they would learn that I eat dinner around dinner time, maybe a little later than most but also not abnormally so.

              or if you’re in the store once super targeted customer by customer pricing gets implemented (it’s already in place in many locations)

              I’ve seen that stores want to be able to adjust prices based on time of day or whatever, and my store has mostly switched to eink price labels so it’s a matter of time… But per person? How are they supposed to offer one price to me and another to someone reaching for the gallon of milk at the same time?

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    10·
    3 hours ago

    I read the last line that wrapped as “no internet connected” and thought, that’s hard core, man.

  • bus_factor@lemmy.world
    9·
    3 hours ago

    I have some smart home stuff, but if it needs the Internet to function, it’s not going into my house. And if any of it fails, the house reverts to its old, dumb self.