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Re:Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too ... by unethical_ban on Friday September 10, 2021 @11:21AM (#28482802)
I resent that consumer IoT is almost always required to connect to a cloud service.

I love the idea of an IoT house - smart lamps, smart locks, cameras, climate conrtol, etc. I only want them connected to my LAN. If I want to access any of their controls remotely, I will set up a VPN or otherwise they should provide a jump service locally, not require cloud connectivity.

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Re:Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too ... by increscent on Friday September 10, 2021 @11:39AM (#28483062)
Check out this project!

https://trmm.net/Ikea/

Apparently, the firmware on some IKEA smart home devices can be easily flashed.

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