Home AssistantSep 22, 2023

For over a decade Philips Hue offered lights that work without sharing your data to the cloud. This is changing soon and we need your help to make some noise to convince them to revert this decision.

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/09/22/philips-hue-force-users-upload-data-to-cloud/

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[Update Oct 2: data sharing to become optional] Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud

To control your lights you soon need to create an account and share your data with the Hue cloud.

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Show threadHaelwenn /элвэн/ Sep 22, 2023
@homeassistant Seems like it's not an option if you refuse tracking… that seems like a #GDPR violation to me. :/
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Show threadAlex RosenbergSep 22, 2023
@lanodan @homeassistant All three browsers I tried gave me this nonsense. Amusingly, using Private Browsing in Safari worked.
Show threadHaelwenn /элвэн/ 
@alexr @homeassistant That's interesting given that mine is WebKitGTK in ephemeral mode.
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