Hal I love it.
I've thought about this a lot. With RFID key fobs and tokens and multiple layers of wireless security and like a vpn it's feasible, but if its networked it's always vulnerable. On Jan 14, 2014 3:53 PM, "GMoney" <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The ramifications of the questions you ask are pretty far > reaching...especially things like "when am i home" and "when am i going to > sleep", and other such pattern like behavior that would be invaluable to a > would be burglar. > > I'm not as concerned about the marketing potential for such things as > "what's in my fridge"....as our daily activities have pretty much been > marketed anyway....with our google searches and online purchases and > whatnot. I think that ship has pretty much already sailed. > > I actually like the idea of a smart house....and I would not hesitate for a > minute in naming mine "Hal". > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > So Google bought NEST recently. > > > > This story (*http://tinyurl.com/nlb7ucc <http://tinyurl.com/nlb7ucc>) > got > > me thinking about this. I have always thought that smart homes were both > > cool and creepy. Cool of course because of the geek factor, like the > > opening paragraph of the story shows, but creepy because my home is > > essentially alive (in the digital world sense). One of the issues is said > > well by this paragraph: "*But the challenges are looming large -- and > hard > > to solve. What's the best way to get devices talking to each other > without > > seeming too overly proprietary but still understandable and > user-friendly? > > What happens to the data about when I leave my house or go to bed or > what's > > in my fridge? Is that data safe? Is that data for sale? If not now, when > > and for what trade-off"? > > > > That last sentence plays well into what the author says on how Google can > > screw the deal up, Fumble on Privacy. This is my biggest concern, that my > > house and all it's cook techy gadgets are telling on me. > > > > I will surely keep my eye on how the smart home pans out, and maybe one > day > > I'll dip my toes into the proverbial pool and see what's all the hoopla > > about. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369202 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
