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And it's even stupider to give the user zero local tools to interact with them short of letting them loose on the big bad internet. I wouldn't mind if my washi
by myself248 8y ago
And it's even stupider to give the user zero local tools to interact with them short of letting them loose on the big bad internet.
I wouldn't mind if my washing machine could ding my phone when there's a load of damp clothes in there that I need to handle before they grow mold. That's cool, I'm forgetful, and I waste a lot of water being that forgetful. But it shouldn't need to talk to the internet to do that.
The problem is not smart appliances, per se, it's the centralized and vulnerable way those smarts are being implemented. Because it's in the manufacturer's interest to compromise my own security and autonomy.
Which is why I don't own any, and I'm sitting here working on my own washing machine door transmitter instead.
- bdamm 8y agoMine has an LED that indicates “clean” and slaves from the internal door switch. Handy source.
- rzzzt 8y agoThis could be eg. an SNMP metric/trap, along with other sensors in the machine, then parent could add the "smartness" via their own software.
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- taneq 8y ago> The problem is not smart appliances, per se, it's the centralized and vulnerable way those smarts are being implemented. Because it's in the manufacturer's interest to compromise my own security and autonomy. Ding ding ding. Most things could be easily implemented without adding external dependencies or impacting privacy but there's no coin in it.