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You don't see any benefit in being able to remotely access your thermostat or anything else in your house? Since my place is not zoned ideally, it is very comm

by jjeaff 7y ago

You don't see any benefit in being able to remotely access your thermostat or anything else in your house? Since my place is not zoned ideally, it is very common to change the thermostat multiple times a day. Also, it is nice to not have to leave the AC running if we leave and forget to adjust it. As for lights, the same applies, especially with kids. Being able to turn off all the lights at night with one button, rather than going through the house to turn everything off right before bed when you are tired or right before leaving when you are late is a nice and commonly used benefit.

core-questions 7y ago
> You don't see any benefit in being able to remotely access your thermostat or anything else in your house? Not really. Maybe security cameras if I lived somewhere shady enough to need them. > eing able to turn off all the lights at night with one button, rather than going through the house to turn everything off right before bed when you are tired or right before leaving when you are late is a nice and commonly used benefit. I've got kids. I would like to think they've made me _less_ lazy.
manicdee 7y ago
I use the turning-off-the-lights patrol to ensure that windows are closed, taps are off, appliances are off, fridge is shut properly, and so forth. Granted I don’t have kids, but my experience with families who have kids and home automation is that you have to be better at Internet security than your kids or they end up controlling everything in ways you don’t really want. And then there’s the vulnerabilities: if you can remotely control your home, who else can? I am not a security expert. My hobby is playing computer games about spaceships. I don’t get a thrill or a sense of satisfaction from finding and closing security holes in my personal networks. From my perspective the best place for home automation devices is as napkin sketches on the design room floor.
- core-questions 7y ago
  Thank god someone else actually agreed with me on this, I thought I was just tilting at windmills here

by jjeaff 7y ago

core-questions 7y ago

> You don't see any benefit in being able to remotely access your thermostat or anything else in your house? Not really. Maybe security cameras if I lived somewhere shady enough to need them. > eing able to turn off all the lights at night with one button, rather than going through the house to turn everything off right before bed when you are tired or right before leaving when you are late is a nice and commonly used benefit. I've got kids. I would like to think they've made me _less_ lazy.

manicdee 7y ago

I use the turning-off-the-lights patrol to ensure that windows are closed, taps are off, appliances are off, fridge is shut properly, and so forth. Granted I don’t have kids, but my experience with families who have kids and home automation is that you have to be better at Internet security than your kids or they end up controlling everything in ways you don’t really want. And then there’s the vulnerabilities: if you can remotely control your home, who else can? I am not a security expert. My hobby is playing computer games about spaceships. I don’t get a thrill or a sense of satisfaction from finding and closing security holes in my personal networks. From my perspective the best place for home automation devices is as napkin sketches on the design room floor.

core-questions 7y ago
Thank god someone else actually agreed with me on this, I thought I was just tilting at windmills here