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My Nest thermostat keeps wanting to enable two-step authentication. No thank you.

MFA for Smart Home devices is a really good idea given the security problems they present. You’re not locking each thermostat adjustment, you’re locking the ability to log in on a device to adjust the thermostat.
- A Nest doesn't have to be connected to a network, at all. They're wired to your climate system the same way as a dumb thermostat. If you don't need remote control of your temperature--and I'm gonna be real here, does anyone need remote control of the climate system?--disconnect it from the network.
  It's a dial that turns your temperature up and down. I haven't adjusted mine since, like, August.
I quickly read that as "my Nestle thermostat"
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Oh no this is gonna happen now.

The superfluous tech stuff always makes me feel odd at the core. Guess I'm an old man at heart.

Already seen wifi enabled air freshners that cycle smells based on time and room placement.

The superfluous tech stuff I read that as "The superflush tech stuff" and had to do a double take

I don't get the obsession with 'smart' devices given all they seem to do is overcomplicate simple designs that have worked just fine for decades - in addition to opening them up to abuse or corporate surveillance. The smartest device I own is my Pixel 8, and I barely even use it unless I need to make a call or message someone. I won't even buy a post-2014 car purely because they just contain too much tech I'll never use and don't want (not to mention the privacy concerns with cellular data transmission and telemetry.)

I love my smart house, but I also self host Home Assistant and nothing that I rely on uses a cloud provider.
It's really nice having motion activated and time based colored lights, and I don't have to worry about the privacy or connectivity concerns from the majority of Internet of Shit products.
- Just be careful that it doesn't become overly attached and try to become your mother.
For starters, a smart toilet is the dumbest thing I've heard of in a while. But home automation is pretty neat if you're into to that sort of thing. Theres a lot of open source programs out there to keep yourself independent of corporate spying. If you know what you're doing, you can set things up securely and in a way that protects your privacy. For things like lighting, HVAC and speakers there isn't much in the way of overcomplicating the hardware either. I'm with you on cars though. Fuck that noise
Remote access (such as via a phone or computer) and automation. It is nice to be able to do anything you want in your home. For example:
Attaching a humidity sensor to a smart switch for the exhaust fan in your bathroom to turn on and off automatically based on humidity level.
Have lights change hue based on time of day to assist with your circadian rhythm.
Shut off all lights and TVs in the house at 3am.
Using a water detector in the laundry room or kitchen to inform you of a water leak by sending a notification to your phone and beeping loudly.
I personally would not want toilet flushing as a smart feature.
Every company which makes objects is filled with middle management idiots who spend 100% of their time either harassing their staff, or producing reports about how the people who actually make the stuff are still doing their jobs properly yes. They spend quite a lot of time just sitting in their offices. They're dying for something to come along that means they can have a meaningful contribution to the process. Any time you hear about some boneheaded decision that makes the product worse in every way, you can be pretty well assured that it's one of these guys deciding that they're finally going to make their mark and be remembered with this new genius idea they've come up with.

Really? No only did someone invent this, someone fronted the cash to put it into production.

Is this going to be the Dad Guardian zone now instead of the thermostat setting?

As far as I can tell, this is completely fake. There is no Lotus “SmartToilet”, but they do have smart bidets. But no 2FA.

The worse case senario is a hacker getting that code. And then flushing the toilet! Think of the water bill :O

That's actually already real: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/08/15/heres-what-it-looks-like-when-a-smart-toilet-gets-hacked-video/?sh=4511bc0f37b6
- Bro thats wild