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?

  • @sylverstream
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    31 year ago

    Not necessarily. If you use eg zigbee devices, they are only accessible locally.

    But you’re right. Most smart devices connect to the cloud.