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What smart tech do you have in your home and do you have a favourite?
None. It's not a smart move to have it. Too insecure and full of risk. And that's not tin foil, that's endorsed by senior FBI officials specialising in cyber security. See the link I posted in this thread: https://forums.hexus.net/general-dis...ideo-talk.htmlOriginally Posted by Macman
I'm testing out a Logitech Harmony Hub at the moment to see how that goes, and have an Alexa which sits in the kitchen (where it actually fills a useful niche and doesn't feel intrusive on my day-to-day conversations).
But on the whole, not too much. If I thought it was really useful kit, I'd probably set up a proper VLAN and segregate my network but I haven't seen a product yet that's so exciting or useful that I've wanted to go to that extent.
My wife and son.
It's a tough choice but I'll go with the wife, the food is top notch. And in truth, although my son is smart, since he's still in development he's more of a smart alec, and requires a great deal of input. Check in with me in a decade or two.
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Me.
I don't have any smart tech aside from the phone, because it means I have to get up off my fat backside and turn on the TV, load teh dishwasher, do the laundry, walk the dogs, raise the kid, walk up the stairs and all the other things that burn off calories... I stay fit by not having any smart tech - How smart is that, eh!!
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I've yet to see any "Smart" home tech. just utterly, uttlery dumb tech. Mostly for the reasons above. Also for reasons of it still being generally pretty gimmicks and not much else.
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None. For pretty much that reason.
Well, a "Smart" TV, but one that requires a wired net connection (no built-in wifi) which it doesn't have.
Also, a Virgin Tivo, but that not exactly smart. Maybe one step above village idiot.
The one device I do regard as pretty smart is a versatile (i.e. configurable) call-blocker on the landline, which is used almost exclusively in the house as I only turn the mobile on when I'm out, or need something specific. And that call-blocker blocks about 99.9% of nuisance calls and, probably more importantly, lets me record and archive calls, like insurance quotes, telephone orders etc, so, .like businesses, I can prove what was or wasn't said.
It's not smart in the conventional sense, but as far as I'm concerned, it's a pretty smart move, having it.
None that springs to mind, and that includes the 'smart' meters the energy companies keep implying you need to have with colourfully worded letters.
Don't need it, don't want it. But also because security is not to be taken lightly with these largely disposable devices.
My Pi-Hole. Keeps the ads and trackers out, and stops my PVR phoning home too.
Google chromecast is very nice if you have an android phone for big screen youtube. I am an audio buff so I have to take the optical digital sound output off the HDMI output and pipe it to a DAC, so I have more wire and an extra box in the setup.
It's a bit of a mess so no picture for now
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Be Careful on the Internet! I ran and tackled a drive by mining attack today. It's not designed to do anything than provide fake texts (say!)
Smart thermostat - useful to be able to turn the heating on before you get home.
Mine is on a dumb timer that achieves the same.
Only if you always get home at the same time, or at least a predictable time.
True, and I do see the appeal if you're a shift worker or someone else whose hours vary. I do work regular hours and so a dumb timer works very well for me.
I'm rather the opposite. When/if I work, these days, it's from home anyway, so smart timer isn't needed. That said, we can be ... unpredictaable. It's not that long ago that we went away for a long weekend and came back 6 weeks later.
However, i don't have a smart timer either, though for different reasons which I imagine you won't find it hard to guess.
I've got quite a few, Smart plugs, multiple echo devices, smart tv, smart lights, smart thermostat and some camera's which im sure anyone can probably want to log on to if they want to monitor my house perimeter
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