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Yes, the IoT of things can have some really absurd behavior. But, it's pretty awesome as well. We are currently out of town for Thanksgiving, and some packages
by ping_pong 6y ago
Yes, the IoT of things can have some really absurd behavior.
But, it's pretty awesome as well. We are currently out of town for Thanksgiving, and some packages came that we weren't suspecting. We asked one of our friends in the neighborhood to come by our place, and I opened up my garage remotely, and they put it in for us. It super easy and overall awesome.
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoIf you have friends that reliable and trustworthy, you can just ask them to watch the packages at their own home.
- notRobot 6y agoOr give them a key
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- rsanheim 6y agoAs opposed to your neighbors just hold your packages at their place, and you grab them when you get back home? Heck in pre-covid times, that would give you a nice little opportunity to say hi and have a chat with a neighbor. The failure modes of most IoT stuff are just not worth the "inconvenience" most of them are solving for, especially when it has to do with safety or security things and we know how easily hackable most IoT software is.
- julianlam 6y agoThat specific example was peak "solution in search of a problem". Now instead of having your neighbour pick up the package, you can watch them from your garage camera, see them look around your garage for a bit (because of course why wouldn't you), leave, and close the door after them! Excellent.
- SilasX 6y agoHow is that a solution in search of a problem? It solves the following legitimate problems: 1) Neighbor exceeding their access permissions when entering your home. 2) Finding a convenient time to visit your neighbors once you come back (and the delay between coming home and having access to the stuff).