nkat2112 comments on Smart devices can testify against you: How home robot data is being used in court

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I am stunned by the brilliance of this comment. I'm taking notes. Thank you @cynar@lemmy.world for sharing this.

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've been playing with my smart home for years now. I'm well past the "oh wow" honeymoon phase and into the "just do your job" phase.

I forgot to mention WAF, Wife Acceptance Factor. Any smart system should fall back to a dumb one, if something goes wrong. E.g. You should never require WiFi to turn your lights on. There should always be a switch that will just work. Central control computer crashes? The wife is annoyed the house is now just dumb, not that the house is now dead.

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thank you so much for that tip as well. You also have a great sense of humour, which I'm certain your wife appreciates! (Assuming the use of WAF was meant from your perspective - I apologise if I'm wrong.)

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

A bit of both. It's a mindset that keeps me from doing anything too stupid, and a good one to pass on to others. I can play around, so long as I don't make her life harder.

It mostly stops me putting brittle, or janky setups into use. I need to actually streamline and ruggedise them. I benefit from that too, in the long run.

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago

One of the reasons I bought the (smart) car charger i did was because it supports OCPP (open Charge Point Protocol) and a vendor-provided secondary firmware that more easily supports OCPP (and the ability to rent out your charger to people on the network).

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