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You can also still use the Hue hub. It accepts local http requests for all functionality.
Aren't they removing that?
I wish there would be an appliance manufacturer that would actually hire developers to create and maintain Home Assistant.
Ubiquiti did that[1], didn't work out so well[2]. 1. https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2018/04/12/ubiquiti-and-h... 2. https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2019/05/03/update-from-th...
The takedown notice says that the "plug-ins are in violation of the terms of service". This is super odd. So what would happen if I never bought their product and hosted this repo - while not being a party to the terms of service?
Probably this: https://github.com/Andre0512/pyhOn/blob/main/pyhon/const.py
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Ubiquiti did that[1], didn't work out so well[2]. 1. https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2018/04/12/ubiquiti-and-h... 2. https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2019/05/03/update-from-th...
According to your [2], it did work out well though?
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According to your [2], it did work out well though?
An employment ended by the employer in less than a year because the employer "changed their plan" (according to the former employee) doesn't look like a success to me.
Last year Ubiquiti Networks hired me, Paulus Schoutsen, the founder of Home
Assistant, to work full time on improving Home Assistant. This has really helped the
project make big leaps towards getting to 1.0. During this time, Home Assistant added
an authentication system, the concept of devices and areas, a UI for configuring
integrations, and the new Lovelace UI, just to name a few things.
We left on friendly terms and I want to thank Ubiquiti for this tremendous
opportunity, it has given the Home Assistant project a significant boost.
Personally, I'd call that a win. :)
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You can also still use the Hue hub. It accepts local http requests for all functionality.
Aren't they removing that?
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Don't ask me to explain the mindset of your average "tool runner" cybersecurity person. I've long advocated a local HTTP interface for our products, but usually a losing battle.
>local HTTP interface A lot of the worst IoT vulnerabilities in the past have been due to exactly that. 'Local' unfortunately isn't something decided at design time, it's decided when someone connects it to a network. Most people plugging these devices in don't have any clue how to simultaneously secure them and connect them to the internet, so they often end up directly on the internet with default credentials or wi…
It's obviously connected to the public internet when it talks to cloud servers, and that's somehow (claimed to be) secure.
Comparing a good cloud API with a poorly designed local API is a false dichotomy. Would you set up your cloud servers with default credentials of admin:admin?
Have a hidden physical switch that toggles local control, and require a physical button press to (re-)generate secure credentials. Have the user upload TLS certificates (non-optional), then hand over the credentials over a secure connection. There, the security of local API should now be up to par with the cloud connection.
I extensively use HA and buy (and build) various smart stuff so now I know I blacklist Haier. Good thing they released the request.
I will share this news with the HA networks I am active in.
Thank you Haier for being proactive and help me to (not) choose!
The takedown notice says that the "plug-ins are in violation of the terms of service". This is super odd. So what would happen if I never bought their product and hosted this repo - while not being a party to the terms of service?
Probably this: https://github.com/Andre0512/pyhOn/blob/main/pyhon/const.py
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If you fork it, do a proper git clone and git push. Github can and has DMCAed direct forks in the past.
This doesn't appear to be a DMCA takedown request, so I doubt Github would care. This appears to be the company contacting the developer directly to ask that they withdraw the code.