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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Your entire house is ~~smart~~ hackable and tracks your every step for advertising revenue of big companies.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My smart home is Home Assistant hosted on a server in my house. It's fully open source and has gone through multiple paid audits to show its security is good too. The only non-local-only integrations are the weather api's and my thermostat (ecobee).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I mean yeah, it's possible to set it up privacy-respecting and that's great. But the average tech enthusiast doesn't set up his own server beyound a NAS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Heh, I'd argue the average tech enthusiast is exactly the person that would set this up. If not them, then who is homeassistant for? I think modern tech enthusiasts are privacy conscious and will put in the small effort to enjoy that privacy. Its non-techies who wouldnt bother and just use the app it comes with.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

A NAS is the perfect device to host it on though. Docker or VM.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

A firejail doesn't hurt either ;)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

THIS

I work with tech; other than in my home office; there is no tech in my house.

The voice activated things.....just no. I looked into Mycroft, which looks interesting, but is till a solution looking for a problem.