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Yesterday, we lost the password to our bed. Of all of out IoT mishaps, this one was possibly the most ridiculous. We have a SleepNumber bed that adjusts up and
by alasdair_ 6y ago
Yesterday, we lost the password to our bed.
Of all of out IoT mishaps, this one was possibly the most ridiculous. We have a SleepNumber bed that adjusts up and down. I'd just cracked a rib and really wanted to sit upright in bed.
The problem was, I'd gotten a new phone. The bed has an app (because of course it does) and the only way to adjust it is via the app. So I try to use the app and realize I first need to log in. The problem is, we have no idea what the email address that was used was, nor the password. Password reset isn't working. Eventually after half an hour we gave up and used a bunch of pillows instead.
Even when the app works, it's terrible. It's super laggy (it sometimes takes a full minute to adjust the bed) and is a privacy nightmare - it wants to log every bedroom "activity" and send all the data back to sleep number and there is no way to permanently disable the feature - all you can do is pause data collection temporarily, which means it will ask you again next time you open the app.
There doesn't seem to be a good way to pre-set "only adjust MY side of the bed" so usually any adjustments I try to make end up moving my wife as well. All in all, the app is terrible.
I fully intent to get around to reverse engineering the protocol and writing a home assistant plugin for it, just as soon as I get a spare few days (i.e. never).
I still can't believe I need a password to use my bed...
- tomkaos 6y agoI had to create a account with password to control my christmas light. I am sure next winter I will scratch my head to remember my email/password.