- 8 years ago Sticky: Welcome to /t/smarthome! Why are you here?
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Why smart homes are still so dumb
In the wake of the resignation of Tony Faddell, the founder of smart thermostat maker Nest, the future is looking cloudy not only for the smart thermostat maker, but the broader smart home business as well. Nest, after all, was supposed to be the trailblazer that led us to the smart home revolution. When Google put down $3.2 billion to buy it in 2014, it appeared to make sense -- Google was already running much of our online lives, and this would give the company a way to run our offline lives as well.
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Flaws in Samsung’s ‘Smart’ Home Let Hackers Unlock Doors and Set Off Fire Alarms
A smoke detector that sends you a text alert when your house is on fire seems like a good idea. An internet-connected door lock with a PIN that can be programmed from your smartphone sounds convenient, too. But when a piece of malware can trigger that fire alarm at four in the morning or unlock your front door for a stranger, your “smart home” suddenly seems pretty dumb.
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Apple has pulled Nest thermostats from its stores to make room for even smarter devices
Nest appears to be replacing its thermostat with new smart home devices.
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Smart home devices could put you in danger
Your smart home devices may not be keeping you as safe as you think... “There’s no industry standard and there’s is no way to tell if a product is secure or not if you are the average Joe. That is a big problem and it’s a problem that the industry needs to address and is thinking about.”
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With layoffs at Leeo and Wink for sale, is the smart home crumbling?
Early adopters, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have bought into the idea of a smart home, but mainstream consumers haven't. “Here’s the paradox: While we may consider many of these devices ‘smart home’ products, the consumer doesn’t think that way,” he wrote. “They think they’re buying network cameras, thermostats and locks. We as an industry still haven’t presented a compelling reason to convince consumers to connect all these devices together.”
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Thread Protocol: Enabling Secure Mesh Networks For Smart Home Devices
The Thread mesh networks will be built on top of 802.15.4 hardware, which is already on the market in some Nest devices and is what Zigbee, a previously competing wireless protocol for home automation, used as well. However, Zigbee will also be built on top of Thread at the application layer, so in the future it should become more of a complementary product than a competitor.
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Verizon Quietly Moves Home Automation Customers to Nexia; Deploys Quantum Z-Wave Router
Having dropped its Home Monitoring & Control service last year, Verizon moves former users to Nexia Home Intelligence DIY home automation platform; seeds IoT market with Greenwave-powered Quantum Z-Wave and ZigBee router.
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Apple Stores will begin selling the first HomeKit-connected thermostat today
Apple's smart home platform is gaining another member: the Ecobee3 smart thermostat, the first connected thermostat to work with HomeKit. It costs $249 and is essentially an alternative to Nest's thermostat...
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How Smart Homes Work
Smart homes connect all the devices and appliances in your home so they can talk to each other. See more about smart homes and their technology.