cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5717757

Today’s story is about Philips Hue by Signify. They will soon start forcing accounts on all users and upload user data to their cloud. For now, Signify says you’ll still be able to control your Hue lights locally as you’re currently used to, but we don’t know if this may change in the future. The privacy policy allows them to store the data and share it with partners.

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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

A few years ago, I declared to my family that if they bring any "smart" appliances into the house, they (the appliances) would get the sledgehammer. They (the family) didn't understand why.

Now they understand.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My father when my mom brought home "smart outlets": "The coffee maker is sentient enough, I don't need it conspiring against me with the outlet."

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