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Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by unishark on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:15AM (#27558231)
Having your thermostat monitored by some random tech company does feel a tad sinister to me. Are they selling the data to ad companies?
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Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by Mountain_Skies on Saturday June 19, 2021 @03:24AM (#27558527)
It's a Nest thermostat. Google is already doing something with that data. Sounds like this is just a second entity having your usage data. Actually since Google already has it, this company is probably the 200th entity having your usage data.
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