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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by TeMPOraL on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:11AM (#22084807)
Don't make the network a hard dependency. The device should work as fully as possible even if offline.
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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by aliveupstairs on Saturday January 18, 2020 @12:10PM (#22085541)
Not only should it be offline-first, but it also should have fallbacks options like self-hosting.
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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by crooked-v on Saturday January 18, 2020 @03:52PM (#22087110)
Also, if it supports any outside protocols (for example: Airplay speakers) those should still work on a totally isolated network out of the box.
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