[Ipg-smz] nest app for Linux?

[Tom Henderson]

I'm also not a fan of Nest.... but once invested, you either let it 
slurp or not. You can't even null-route the bad guys.

Tom


On 10/11/19 2:04 PM, Lynn Greiner via Ipg-smz wrote:
> I don't entirely trust Nest's privacy. Looking at the Ecobee instead. Two of
> their models were PC Mag Editor's Choice this year, FWIW.
>
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> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 1:40 PM
> To: Christine Hall via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz at netpress.org>
> Cc: Dennisf63 <dennisf63 at wildblue.net>
> Subject: Re: [Ipg-smz] nest app for Linux?
>
> On 10/11/2019 01:02 PM, Christine Hall via Ipg-smz wrote:
>> They both have the Linux kernel in common, but beyond that, my
>> understanding is that they're pretty much completely different -- but
>> don't take my word for it.
> Getting back to the Nest line of geek-dom, the thermostat is really pretty
> cool. It can learn your patterns so it raises the temp and lowers it in line
> with your habits, for example. It even senses when no one is home and drops
> the temp to a pre-set lower level, then "wakes up" when it senses people in
> the house. I walk by the one in my hall and it lights up -- motion detector.
>
> But, I think it emerged from the mind of uber geek Paul Allan, and when a
> geek designs an interface to something that will be used by the hoi poloi,
> well, the results are pretty, but confusing, and then the documentation
> that's written for it only adds to the confusion, and now Google has taken
> it all over (cameras, security systems, etc., etc.
> etc.) and they created an app that is supposed to interface with ALL those
> Internet of Things gadgets via WiFi.
>
> Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't out to get me.
>
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