Smart home devices should work without the internet

Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by amelius on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:47PM (#50443627)

What if it was security hardened by Claude?

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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by toomuchtodo on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:57PM (#50443745)

Based on my use of Claude Code Security in an appsec setting, I'm not worried. "Hardened by Claude" is aspirational.

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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by reasonabl_human on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:00PM (#50443797)

Vast majority of these devices are ESP32’s that have been flashed years ago with buggy firmware, sitting on shelves in a warehouse.

These are cheap chinese adware driven sensors. Security is not their priority.

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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by pessimizer on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:14PM (#50444840)

Will they be that three years from now?

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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by reasonabl_human on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:24PM (#50444999)

Probably, unless chinese companies change their business model and a secure successor to the ESP family arises. Low conviction loosely held opinion, shared bc you asked.

But why does that matter? My smart home upgrade cycle is around once every 5 years. The world is changing on a dime every 6 months nowadays. Projections beyond about a year out in the smart home market are useless to me as a consumer.

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