Post Aa3SlJWrfN5MH9XTH6 by Baggypants@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #Aa2WAYXH7A5wlIUzVw by fribbledom@mastodon.social
2023-09-22T22:42:58Z
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Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud:https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/09/22/philips-hue-force-users-upload-data-to-cloud/
(DIR) Post #Aa2Xdj8asMGXzlQbNQ by m0xee@social.librem.one
2023-09-22T23:04:46Z
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@fribbledom > you get the ability to control your lights while away from home using their mobile appIs it only me who finds this funny? Why would I want to control lights away from home, to give my cats a scare? ðĪŠI mean, you might have cameras installed which might be not infrared and in this case you might want to control lights too, but it seems to me to be a very narrow corner case.
(DIR) Post #Aa2aS7Z0XBhC8ewMd6 by gnomon@mastodon.social
2023-09-22T23:36:14Z
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@m0xee @fribbledom they just launched a security cam product and this is their play to try to force everyone to care about it.https://www.philips-hue.com/en-ca/products/promotions/newest-philips-hue-products
(DIR) Post #Aa3RDqtuz5Ylybnnwe by Baggypants@mstdn.social
2023-09-23T09:27:32Z
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@m0xee @fribbledom You've never accidentally left the lights on and gone on holiday? You don't have children who seem to think lights are free? You don't work awkward shift patterns? You're just lacking imagination.
(DIR) Post #Aa3ShEFPMRnGjkQSRM by m0xee@social.librem.one
2023-09-23T09:44:05Z
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@Baggypants @fribbledom Yep, probably I'm just a boring person. Who can even shut power completely off when leaving for extended periods ð
(DIR) Post #Aa3SlJWrfN5MH9XTH6 by Baggypants@mstdn.social
2023-09-23T09:44:49Z
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@m0xee @fribbledom I wish you could come round and teach my children that skill! ð
(DIR) Post #Aa3T6XoljhLqfm2LtA by m0xee@social.librem.one
2023-09-23T09:48:36Z
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@Baggypants @fribbledom TBH I don't think my parents did me good when they taught me that skill, I wish I could worry less about insignificant things like that. But of course it has good sides too ð
(DIR) Post #Aa3XmoSiduDSH18Md6 by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2023-09-23T10:41:07.573462Z
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@m0xee @fribbledom when on vacation having lights turning on and off gives the impression you are home which may dissuade burglars. I have used timers in the past for this purpose.
(DIR) Post #Aa3XwxryWN9wLUmup6 by mahmoudhossam@mastodon.xyz
2023-09-22T23:50:41Z
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@fribbledom well, are there any privacy respecting light bulbs that don't suck?I tried my luck with ikea's tradfri before and they were so unreliable that I was forced to buy Phillips Hue.
(DIR) Post #Aa3XwyqaszeHNV9KJE by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2023-09-23T10:42:57.544533Z
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@mahmoudhossam @fribbledom i wamt to try and make my own bulbs. You can buy the casing and led ring on aliexpress and put an esp inside with wled
(DIR) Post #Aa3Y97CZeM3WlRDUyO by fribbledom@mastodon.social
2023-09-23T04:15:27Z
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@mahmoudhossam The bulbs are actually fine, they're just ZigBee devices. The hub is the problem and the device you'll have to replace with another ZigBee controller.
(DIR) Post #Aa3Y982gWbjvN3b7CK by mahmoudhossam@mastodon.xyz
2023-09-23T09:44:35Z
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@fribbledom yeah, the recommended one seems to be a USB dongle which I don't really like, I'll probably look for something that doesn't require a separate,always-on computer to operate.
(DIR) Post #Aa3Y98zB18WmISxpMu by fribbledom@mastodon.social
2023-09-23T09:49:17Z
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@mahmoudhossam A Raspberry Pi with a USB dongle will do the job just fine. Everything else is just that in a (more or less) fancy plastic case.
(DIR) Post #Aa3Y99f0VbzKOCXEZM by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2023-09-23T10:45:08.200705Z
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@fribbledom @mahmoudhossam esp32 is cheaper, smaller, and just as capable of turning lights in and off.
(DIR) Post #Aa3Yez5pKklOsjG0nI by m0xee@social.librem.one
2023-09-23T10:50:55Z
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@thatguyoverthere @fribbledom I've seen wall switches with such a mode decades ago: it just turned the lights on once in a few hours for random period of time. Neat trick, but I think they are aware of this already and if they have spotters, those probably pay more attention to actual people coming and going than lights, and if they are amateurs â it probably won't stop them anyway ð
(DIR) Post #Aa3aTH7IhCdnDNUUeu by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2023-09-23T11:11:12.778275Z
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@m0xee @fribbledom yeah RadioShack actually sold a bunch of home automation stuff like that named x10 iirc. It won't fool people for long but if you are gone less than a week it may be good enough.
(DIR) Post #Aa5MwvfO0A8sKjbFs8 by RA_Negm@mastodon.social
2023-09-24T07:49:05Z
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@m0xee @fribbledom It might be a good idea to turn on and off lights remotely for security reasons. If so, there is definetly no reason to pass around more than an UUID. There is no reason to collect and store data for this functionality.