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[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And that's why boomers are constantly 'hacked'.

If you don't want someone else controlling those things, you do indeed need an account. If you are fine with a physical switch to control lights then just stick to that.

[โ€“] explodicle 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You do indeed need to authenticate that device to your other devices. But that doesn't require a middleman who won't care what happens to your hardware after they go under.