PrivacyDigestNov 3

New Design Trend: People #Downgrading 'Smart' #Homes to #Analog 'Dumb' Homes, Some with #Landlines and Offline #Appliances
#smarthome #dumbHome #privacy #surveillance

https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/11/02/067245/new-design-trend-people-downgrading-smart-homes-to-analog-dumb-homes-some-with-landlines-and-offline-appliances?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

New Design Trend: People Downgrading 'Smart' Homes to Analog 'Dumb' Homes, Some with Landlines and Offline Appliances - Slashdot

"People are creating 'dumb homes,'" the VP of research at the Global Wellness Institute, tells the web site Axios. Some are swapping NASA-style setups for old-fashioned buttons, switches and knobs. Others are designing digital detox corners — all part of a bigger "analog wellness" movement...

Who Let The Dogs Out 🐾Sep 13, 2025

Умный замок, вскрываемый кредиткой за ~10 секунд

#smartlock #keylock #lockpicking #dumbhome #Tech_Debunker

Производитель обещает полный фарш: сканер отпечатков пальцев, кодовый замок, смарт-карта, управление через Bluetooth и приложение Tuya Smart.

Панель на внешней ручке замка - на двустороннем скотче! Её легко подцепить отвёрткой, пластиковой картой или лезвием. Под панелью основная плата управления на двух винтах. Под ней – штифт блокировки ручки, легко отодвигаемый отвёрткой.

Если нет под рукой отвертки, то на плате можно замкнуть два контакта у разъёма, идущего к внутренней кнопке разблокировки двери. Всё, замок открыт. Затраченное время – ~10 секунд.

Используются смарт-карты стандарта Mifare Classic 1K, копируемые без затруднений. В наличии - сервисный код, позволяющий снять автоматическую блокировку. Подробнее (https://habr.com/ru/companies/bastion/articles/937210/).

Примеры таких псевдозамков - на Aliexpress [здесь] (https://aliexpress.ru/item/1005008844284353.html) или [здесь] (https://aliexpress.ru/item/1005008798528546.html).

Steve WilliamsJun 11, 2025

Not a feature: My family remembers where the fridge is, without having to call to it.

Also, It never came to us when we called it. My son did extensive testing.

#enshittification
#dumbhome

https://www.theverge.com/news/685154/samsung-smart-fridges-bixby-voice-recognition-bespoke-ai?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Samsung’s fridges now recognize family members by voice

So they can pull up your calendar, show off your photos, or activate custom display modes.

The Verge
Steve RigginsMay 26, 2025

The Ecobee started cooling to 70, the office is 77, so the SmartCocoon kicked on. The Ecobee does not control the fan, the fan is authorized to listen to the Ecobee.

#HomeKit #SmartHome #DumbHome

Aaron 🖖Jan 28, 2025
I don’t want my appliances online, thanks. I have enough to contend with, without the tumble dryer talking smack about how much I use it without cleaning the filter. #SmartHome #DumbHome
CharlesNov 3, 2023

Me to Siri: “Please set a warm tone with the master bedroom lights.”

Siri: “For how long?”

Me: “…for the rest of the evening.”

Siri: “Now playing jazz.”

Me: “What?? No!”

#sirifail #apple #siri #smarthome #dumbhome

valkraider Feb 4, 2023
#Apple - I know you’re working on it, but #HomeKit is a miserable failure right now. We have so many accessories and they’re completely unreliable because HomeKit just decides to go tits up regularly. #HomePod #HomePodMini #AppleTV #Smarthome #Thread #Matter #eve #nanoleaf #wemo #dumbhome
JamesJan 6, 2023
Can we talk about the “new” and “improved” architecture in HomeKit that came along in iOS 16.2? 😭
#ios #homekit #smarthome #dumbhome
DanielJun 23, 2021
♲ @[email protected]:My old mercury #thermostat died and I have to replace it. I am not very good with electrical stuff and a civil engineer expert in #HVAC, colleague of my wife, suggested us to install a #nest rather than a digital thermostat one.

Not even death! Besides the unaffordable price —😱 — I won't never allow #Gugl to take control over my apartment, I feel already extremely frustrated because my mobile.

Eventually I replaced it with the exact simple and analogic type but newer and without mercury; it works, it doesn't require battery to operate, it will last other fifteen years (more or less).

I am pretty happy but also relieved, check out this #scary story to realize how much is evil #Gugl and its nest...

A Gemini client is requiredgemini://axionfield.space/gemlog/20210531-burn-your-nest.gmi#Gemini #GeminiProtocol #softwareFreedom #dumbHome #smartHome #degooglify
My old mercury #thermostat died and I have to replace it. I am not ...

My old mercury #thermostat died and I have to replace it. I am not very good with electrical stuff and a civil engineer expert in #HVAC, colleague of my wife, suggested us to install a #nest rather than a digital thermostat one. Not even death! Besides the unaffordable price —😱 — I won't never allow #Gugl to take control over my apartment, I feel already extremely frustrated because my mobile. Eventually I replaced it with the exact simple and analogic type but newer and without mercury; it works, it doesn't require battery to operate, it will last other fifteen years (more or less). I am pretty happy but also relieved, check out this #scary story to realize how much is evil #Gugl and its nest... A Gemini client is required gemini://axionfield.space/gemlog/20210531-burn-your-nest.gmi #Gemini #GeminiProtocol #softwareFreedom #dumbHome #smartHome #degooglify