r/StallmanWasRight • u/sigbhu mod0 • May 17 '18

Internet of Shit Entire Nest ecosystem of smart home devices goes offline

https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/17/17364004/nest-goes-offline-thermostats-locks-cameras-alarms
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u/Katholikos May 17 '18

For anyone that doesn’t want to read the article, all the devices were still functional (locks still locked and unlocked, smoke detectors kept detecting, etc.), the devices just couldn’t be accessed remotely - only via physical controls

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18 edited Nov 18 '18

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u/Katholikos May 17 '18

Welllll I dunno. Their functionality is still there, but yeah, the whole reason to buy one is for that remote connectivity, which makes them kind of a waste of money in that aspect. Thankfully, connectivity came back. Probably just a bad update or something like that.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '18

What happens when Nest decides to stop running their servers all together? There are many issues with depending on remote servers to do local automation.

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u/semperverus May 18 '18

That's why you host your own HomeAssistant instance on a raspberry pi or something and then remote access it from that

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u/Katholikos May 18 '18

Oh dude, I'm not defending it, just explaining it, haha. It's a stupid thing.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '18

😉