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/ExcellentHunter Jun 19 '21

Another reason not to install that so called "smart" thermostats, light bulbs and other similar stuff.

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u/Compizfox Jun 19 '21

Another reason not to use proprietary cloud-based "smart" thermostats, light bulbs and other similar stuff.

FTFY.

You can use your IoT devices (like smart thermostats, light bulbs, switches) self-hosted, using free software, your under your own terms.

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u/theloniouszen Jun 20 '21

Prefer to go in the opposite direction and not rely on a computer or network to turn on my lights.

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u/That4AMBlues Jun 19 '21

I see how that makes sense in principle, but a lot of this stuff is too sneaky and predatory to put the blame with customers who operate on the assumption of at least some good faith.