#Amazon #Alexa #IoT #BigTech #SmartHomes: "If you happen to get kicked off your smart device, you might not have any legal recourse, according to Sadowski. Given the monopolies held by a handful of businesses that dominate our homes, this may prove particularly concerning.

“The idea of locking somebody out without a proper investigation, whatever that means, is the prerogative of a private corporation,” Sadowski said. “There’s no due process here that they have to follow in the legal sense… Nobody is innocent until proven guilty in the court of Amazon.”

In fact, he said that companies likely find smart devices valuable not necessarily due to the products themselves, but for the profitable information they collect. After all, Amazon uses Alexa data to target users with ads.

So, what happens if Alexa hears someone bad-mouthing the company? Could the “court of Amazon” throw them in device jail? Thousands of Amazon employees listen to our conversations to improve Alexa’s performance, as reported by Bloomberg News in 2019. It’s easy to see how they could shut off all our devices if they hear us say something they don’t like."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-tech-giants-like-amazon-can-hold-our-smart-homes-hostage

NAO: Smart meter rollout is going slow and over budget https://www.iottechnews.com/news/2023/jun/15/nao-smart-meter-rollout-going-slow-over-budget/ #nao #iot #smartmeters #smarthomes #environment #news #tech #technology

RT @FiDaisyG
@histoftech Interesting parallels to scenario in @EngProfCouncil #EngineeringEthics case study on #SmartHomes https://epc.ac.uk/toolkit/case-study-smart-homes-for-older-people-with-disabilities/

We recently bought a new dishwasher, and it has a scheduling button to start the washing cycle at a specific time.

This was very odd to me, but my father said that certain European countries have different usage costs for electricity at specific times. So you set it to wash when electricity is the cheapest. Is this true? Is this a use case for you? For washing machines and other periodical devices to run at specific times while you are away from home or sleeping?

#smarthome #privacy #iot #SmartHomes

Finally, what is a #SmartHome to you?

Is it monitor, control, or simply playing music in a room? Do you want it to be automated with motuon sensing and tracking or physical switches, ignoring #privacy, and assume everything is just in your house.

What do you want from #IOT and #SmartHomes?

Recently, I saw a report about #IOT and #SmartHomes, that only about 10% of users actually connect their devices to their network and use the added features, so I want to ask #Mastodon about their experience.

If you are such a user who didn't connect their #SmartDevice to their network, why?

Are they features just not worth it? Thus, it is too much effort to actually connect and set up such devices, or are the features just not worth it?

Are you worried about #privacy? Did you actually read the privacy policies, or did you assume you don't want them to have that access and data?

Ignoring setup and installation, what smart-home features would you like? Is it a sensor or control based? Do you want to control lights, appliances, and turning devices on and off, or do you want to measure metrics such as temperature in your house?

Finally, is it possible that automation is just too much effort. For example, having a water sensor in your basement and getting a notification about a leak?

@tenet @alng

It's just crazy. You want to protect your home, and then you are spied on. This is why #smarthomes aren't as popular as companies thought the will be.

@atomicpoet

Are they forgetting that we didn't magically start chatting to #smarthomes and #assistants?

Yes, we didn't have #ChatGPT, but we have had #alexa, #google, #siri and #bixby, but it was also a fad.

In the beginning, I loved my "smart assistant". Now I only use it to start a timer when I cook or to navigate me home if I see traffic on the highway.

@nic221

I can get onboars with this. #smarthomes aren't very smart, and it could also help with #privacy if it is #opensource

#AI #chatgpt

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By 2026, the market for smart homes will be worth $205.61 billion, signaling considerable changes and industrial expansion.

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