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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • I got into “home automation” during the initial rush. Everything was dependent on its own hub or cloud service. After using some of them, especially the voice controlled ones, I got interested in what all they can see/collect. I quickly dropped everything and have been in a dumb house for a few years.

    What I’ve realized I need is cameras to watch my pets and a dumb keypad door lock to let people in when I’m not home.

    What I want again is a thermostat I can control from my phone. I haven’t found one that doesn’t need cloud services.

    If I wanted to get everything “smart” again I would isolate everything to its own VLAN with no internet access for the whole VLAN. I would have an electrician fix my no neutral drop situation and get wifi switches not bulbs. I would add temperature sensors in each room. Custom build a camera system server. Add network access to my Honeywell security system.