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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by jon128 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:45PM (#50443599)
Richard Stallman predicted this.

You were warned.

If you accept and thus consented to a computer, or a device with a computer in it, without first verifying you can write to the media of its software, control the boot process, and will have sufficient access to that software, you get what you consented to.

And, you deserve it.

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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by drnick1 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:08PM (#50443916)
Not sure why people are downvoting you, this is true.

My home automation rules are even simpler: home automation devices are firewalled off the Internet. If something does not work because of this, it gets returned, period. I do my research and only buy Zigbee or WiFi devices that can be hacked, so I haven't had problems so far.

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