We're overcomplicating things.
We're overcomplicating things.
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Mag dumping my toaster.
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The only appropriate response to a laughing toaster
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Luckily they don't really work like that.
- Download the app?
- failed to connect
- failed to connect
- I am now a cryptomining malware bot
- Please upgrade to the newest toaster
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For me, most appliances have no use being automated. For the few that do have a use case (my coffee maker specifically) the appliance itself is as dumb as possible. Only the switch is "smart".
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I think it's really interesting that washing machines for example got pretty cheap. You can get a "good" one for a few hundred bucks. It has a display and fancy buttons and it wants to connect to your wifi.
But the really good washing machine is 5times as expensive and it only has a wheel in the middle that makes loud clicking sounds when you turn it, because the whole thing is pretty much mechanical and lasts forever
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I am so looking forward to my time in hell when I meet the devil and he says "yeah bro, that was pretty bad, but have you ever dealt with an LG washing machine? I have the engineer coming in next week. Fuck that guy"
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This is the way. (Hitting IoT with a bat)
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Poor bat. They are misunderstood creatures, and very cute.
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Smart appliances will serve you more ads than coffee.
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Freezer: I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave.
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picks up smart bat
"Hey there! What are we gonna smash today?"
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SO greets them in the kitchen....
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hits object
STFU dumb appliance
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"Just Say 'No!'": https://startrek.website/post/27978684
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A touch of Wi-Fi there
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If an object is in your kitchen then you put it there, smh
Nah fam, my entire house is smart. It's just that it all runs on a completely separate and isolated network than anything else, and I can revoke all access to that network with ease.
Edit to add that printers are actually the fucking worst for this, since so many of them now are network printers, rather than just-plug-it-into-my-computer printers. They are notorious for being insecure, and require being on the same network as the computer from which it's printing. I have another separate network with very limited access just for my printer, and I have to join it from my computer if I ever want to print or scan
Having smart stuff isn't bad.
Having "smart" stuff that only works via a proprietary app over the internet is bad.
I like being able to dim several lights via a single command. I don't like it being even possible from outside my house
The solution i use on OpenWrt is basically-
Printer on airgapped IoT network
Computer on Internet network
Avahi mDNS allowed specifically for my printers MAC Address to access it from the Internet network without allowing it to reach WAN.
I bought a laser printer meant for businesses, and it has to be one of the easiest printers i’ve ever operated. Installed some drivers from manufacturers website and everything immediately works, plugs in to pc over USB, with no wifi or anything unnecessary.