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Why does my treadmill want my email address? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (10 children)

If you want a lightbulb that changes colors to be controlled by a phone or network accessible device, as opposed to some other sort of special RF remote, and you DONT want random other people to be able to control or possibly disable or damage your lights, then it kinda needs to have an account.

By all means, avoid iot stuff if it's not your thing, but then why are you looking at color changing lightbulbs? The ones that need special remotes are terrible gimmicks and the ones that get wired into a hardwired home automation system cost a fortune to set up and require a ton of installation.

[–] craigers@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So there are newer protocols under an IoT standard called "matter" that solve a lot of these problems. You can manage them with a local controller like home assistant. No need to create accounts or ship data out to a public cloud. Private, local device adoption and mgmt. I've been an early adopter and there have been some challenges but it's gotten a lot better recently.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean, that's great, I like self hosting and running my own basic household server and the like. But are you seriously suggesting that's anywhere close to being accessible to most people?

[–] craigers@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Apple Home and Google home are matter controllers. So yes. Direct benefit still for those home users is you can mix and match OEM products (like light bulbs) and not need to have a seperate app/acct/hub/bridge/controller whatever for those products. If you don't want to go the DIY route.

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[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

No, it doesn't need an account- wifi encryption is enough. If someone has their color changing light bulbs on unsecured wifi, that's on them.

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