Frank and Ernest by Thaves for July 18, 2023

Nope. Unless you gave the password to someone trustworthy, you are in trouble.

I have one that controls temp and lights, but NEVER entrance

set the code to 1234

no one will ever guess that

Use the backdoor.

The house is smart enough to discourage you from buying it.

Modern human quandary: is it this password or another?

I guess I have a dumb home.

It’s smart enough to be snarky when that happens.

My password is easy to remember – it’s ***********

Now if it could clean itself

Our provincial energy company had a energy promotion, I already have lots of LED bulbs and panels but got an ecoBee Wi-Fi thermostat. Once I figured out programming from my phone it is nice and will save a few bucks and it was free. Only complaint is the program mode is proximity and when you get close it switches from displaying weather, time and inside temp so you have to sneak up on it. Sneaky folks can follow my consumption usage in detail and they can upgrade without a service call out in the country

We now have wireless utility meters, my backyard is impassable after a good snowfall. Supposed to advise hydro immediately of power outages, but I got a good deal on a Generac so don’t worry about that part.

Run for your life, Frankie…!

Only two things appeal to me about a “smart home” – 1) being able to unlock the front door just by proximity to keys (like my car) and 2) being able to warm up the house before I get out of bed.

Yes it is, just set up fingerprint or facial recognition for “password”…

use google

Then it just locks you out of the house.

Must be at least 16 characters long, include a capital letter a non-capital letter, a special character, a number and be changed monthly.

Headline: “Florida man starves to death in house, because he couldn’t remember the password to open the door.”

The “best” part of an allegedly smart home is that you only need to enter the password once, and it will always “work” (except when you reinstall the app that controls everything, or someone hijacks your literal back door due to hard coded credentials you cannot ever hope to change)

A house with AI wouldn’t need any passwords; it would control everything how it wanted…

It’s all fine, until the utility companies decide to cut off your service on a whim.