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The big question is at which level this auth is enforced: - official Hue apps - who cares - hue bridge - bad, would break apps like HuePro and would force mor
by poisonborz 3y ago
The big question is at which level this auth is enforced:
- official Hue apps - who cares
- hue bridge - bad, would break apps like HuePro and would force more complicated setup for some
- bulb - unlikely, that would mean everyone buying this for IoT lighting can throw out their whole set
- Semaphor 3y ago> - bulb - unlikely, that would mean everyone buying this for IoT lighting can throw out their whole set Not throw out, just don’t upgrade the firmware again and not buy new ones that might have the broken firmware.
- classichasclass 3y agoMy Hue lights have never been connected to the Internet, so they'll never have to worry about this. I use my own Perl client: https://www.floodgap.com/software/huepl/ https://www.floodgap.com/software/huepl/ I might not buy another base station again, though, if this gets enforced at that level.
- iteratethis 3y agoMy guess would be in the app. Enforcing it at the bridge level would break so many setups, apps, custom integrations that even if they try this, they'll dial it back from the avalanche of outrage.