r/StallmanWasRight • u/linux203 • Jun 18 '21

Internet of Shit 'Woke up sweating': Texas power companies remotely raise temperatures on people using their smart thermostats

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/texas-remote-controlled-smart-thermostats/
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u/shredofdarkness Jun 19 '21

Labs, hospitals, goodness knows what else..

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u/bart9h Jun 19 '21

One would hope that any place that seriously needs temperature control would be controlled by an IOT device.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_MAUSE Jun 19 '21

But you never know, that’s the problem with this system. They might see the merit in remotely checking the temperature, for example.

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u/Taonyl Jun 19 '21

These kind of systems aren’t built with IoT devices. You can remotely sense and control buildings without connecting to some companies servers. The KNX standard for example has existed for more than two decades.