Freezers and fridges need to stay cold around the clock. Right? You cannot turn them off sometimes unless you want things to spoil. So… you’re not saving shit by making them “smart”.
The efficiency gains over the years from refrigeration systems have NOT come from making them “smart”. It’s from making the part that actually uses a ton of energy more efficient.
Nowhere do any of those rules require remote administration of the fridges and freezers. Only getting data OUT of them. Securely getting read-only data out of systems has been a solved problem for decades.
So again, connecting them to the internet in any way that allows administration is unnecessary. Completely. Utterly. Now, remember that “unnecessary” does not mean, “utterly useless in all ways”. The point is that it does not justify the risks. The risks that are already showing you how stupid the idea is.
When energy was cheap. Listen to the guy, he knows what he’s talking about.
When energy was cheap… You realize:
Freezers and fridges need to stay cold around the clock. Right? You cannot turn them off sometimes unless you want things to spoil. So… you’re not saving shit by making them “smart”.
The efficiency gains over the years from refrigeration systems have NOT come from making them “smart”. It’s from making the part that actually uses a ton of energy more efficient.
Nowhere do any of those rules require remote administration of the fridges and freezers. Only getting data OUT of them. Securely getting read-only data out of systems has been a solved problem for decades.
So again, connecting them to the internet in any way that allows administration is unnecessary. Completely. Utterly. Now, remember that “unnecessary” does not mean, “utterly useless in all ways”. The point is that it does not justify the risks. The risks that are already showing you how stupid the idea is.