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I see a lot of Nest complaints, isn't there any security issue if Nest goes down?
by XCSme 7y ago
I see a lot of Nest complaints, isn't there any security issue if Nest goes down?
- pmlnr 7y agoI see people complain about Nest and the only thing I can think of is "what on earth where you thinking to have a door or thermostat that doesn't function without internet?!"
- mrb 7y agoNest thermostats can function without Internet. You can walk up to it and adjust the temperature just like any old thermostat.
- disillusioned 7y agoI live in a house with a Nest thermostat and Nest Secure and Nest x Yale door locks. The AC is on just fine, and the door unlocked just fine. (The door lock doesn't require an internet connection, unless you've enabled privacy mode for some reason.)
- pmlnr 7y agoI thought there were versions that don't work offline; my bad if this is not the case.
- sofaofthedamned 7y agoInternet isn't the issue, it's the endpoint (Google) It's reasonably easy to run a router/gateway that has a 4G backup to get the ping out. Whether the ping works...
- mrb 7y agoMy whole house is covered by a Nest Secure alarm system. At the moment my Nest Guard is telling me "it's offline". But if someone breaks in the house, the alarm will still ring in the house, however I believe I won't be notified on my phone (can't even log into the Nest app), and the alarm monitoring center (operated by Brinks under a partnership with Google) probably won't be notified as well, which sucks. I'd love to test it right now, but my daughter is sleeping and I don't want the alarm to wake her up... I wonder how often outages occur with other alarm monitoring companies. They certainly do occur, but customers don't have a lot of visibility into them.
- rum3 7y agoWhy did you install this in your house?