• @[email protected]
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      391 year ago

      Put home assistant on a raspberry pi, plug a Zigbee dongle to it, and start connecting smart gadgets to it. Or better yet buy a home assistant Green. You can check the home assistant docs to see if a smart device requires cloud connectivity to work — in general if it connects through Zigbee (or ZWave or Matter) then you’re good, but if it connects through WiFi then it probably is cloud based.

      https://www.home-assistant.io/

      https://www.seeedstudio.com/Home-Assistant-Green-p-5792.html

      https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/

      • BaroqueInMind
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        Why do I need a RaspberryPi? I can’t use my regular Linux PC? What is a Zigbee dongle and why is it mandatory? What do I do if he device is cloud based?

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          You can use your regular PC if you want, but having an always-on server (the pi) makes it more convenient to use from, say, your phone.

          Zigbee is a popular wireless communication protocol used by iot devices. Without the dongle you won’t have any way to talk to them.

          If it’s cloud based, buy something else that isn’t.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Your Zigbee light switches won’t do anything unless the machine running Home Assistant is on. Being able to control your lights while the computer isn’t running is really convenient.

    • bean
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      41 year ago

      Perfectly valid to ask how to protect your data using the tools the other user mentioned. Not sure why you were downvoted for asking simply how.

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          Sure! Click the link at the very top of the page! You know, what this entire conversation is theoretically talking about? It takes you to a Home Assistant page and even has some details on their philosophy and links to even more details about their privacy focused philosophy! I thought saying essentially “read the fucking article” would be pretty asshole-ish and wouldn’t contribute anything to the conversation, but I also thought that your question contributed nothing, so I downvoted.

          Did that answer your question sufficiently?

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            Yikes… I read the fucking article, and it explained nothing. I read your comment and understand why you down voted. There you go, @b3an it seems that @tjhart85 simply has a stick up their ass