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Re: Point – A smart house sitter

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Post by travisp »

PinguTS wrote: post #23

Another device connected to the cloud sending data to the cloud and this time also sound. It was already creepy the learn that Netatmo, a _weather_ station, is recording sound. Because the company released sound profiles from the games during the FIFA world championship mapped to countries, regions. As they said, there is only a loudness sensor integrated. But this time it is a real microphone. That makes it another…

While I understand your concern, it doesn't seem like they are actually sending the sound back across the network, which makes it substantially safer than things like Dropcam, which many people have installed and running in their homes.

Re: Point – A smart house sitter

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Post by k0ngo »

ancarda wrote: post #27
kristiandupont wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. May I ask why you would prefer that? Is it a security concern?

I don't have WPS on my router (How else do you input the SSID/Password?) and I turn Wi-Fi off when I'm not in my house so this product would be a real hassle to setup/use.

The device is configured wirelessly using the smartphone app. It'll queue the events and measurements if your wifi is down, but I see that it will be hard for you to use if you always turn your wifi off when you are away.

Re: Point – A smart house sitter

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Post by jgillette »

There are two textboxes on the screen to be notified when it becomes available. I first tried the bottom one, and it gave me an "Too many subscribe attempts for this email address. Please try again in about 5 minutes. (#8715)". I tried it a few times after waiting a few minutes, then went back to the first textbox, higher on the page, and that one worked without issue.

Re: Point – A smart house sitter

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Post by kubiiii »

ancarda wrote: post #27
kristiandupont wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. May I ask why you would prefer that? Is it a security concern?

I don't have WPS on my router (How else do you input the SSID/Password?) and I turn Wi-Fi off when I'm not in my house so this product would be a real hassle to setup/use.

Usually this kind of gear acts like a wifi access so that you can directly connect to it and input ssid / password.

Re: Point – A smart house sitter

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Post by kristiandupont »

jgillette wrote: post #33

There are two textboxes on the screen to be notified when it becomes available. I first tried the bottom one, and it gave me an "Too many subscribe attempts for this email address. Please try again in about 5 minutes. (#8715)". I tried it a few times after waiting a few minutes, then went back to the first textbox, higher on the page, and that one worked without issue.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll look into that.

Re: Point – A smart house sitter

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Post by k0ngo »

_pmf_ wrote: post #26

Home automation and home security need more powerline communication and less app-wankery and IoT pipedreams with shoddy wireless protocols.

We're using plain batteries and wifi to avoid using cables, thus making it much easier and elegant to install. That also means the device is completely self-contained, so you don't need any base stations or gateways to connect it to the internet. It's just plug-and-forget. I wouldn't call 802.11bgn "shoddy"; it's basic infrastructure already available in most people's homes these days.

Re: Point – A smart house sitter

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Post by hk__2 »

jgillette wrote: post #33

There are two textboxes on the screen to be notified when it becomes available. I first tried the bottom one, and it gave me an "Too many subscribe attempts for this email address. Please try again in about 5 minutes. (#8715)". I tried it a few times after waiting a few minutes, then went back to the first textbox, higher on the page, and that one worked without issue.

Same here, tried with two different email addresses.

Re: Point – A smart house sitter

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Post by cyanbane »

"Nothing is recorded or sent across the network. Peace of mind, without giving up on privacy."

Respect this a lot and is a major selling point for me. If the sound analysis/processing is not done over the wire (assuming on the device) will there be a way to allow for publicly produce events (i.e. integration into systems like IFTTT, etc)?

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