Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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My husband wants to put a camera in our living space.should I be offended ? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We have a simple home(1 floor. 1bath. 2rooms) We live in a calm neighborhood, we don’t own extremely expensive things. And he wants a camera inside our home? For what? This camera can also record audio. We have a child together, we work and we come home. Why do we neeed a camera inside? I feel like it’s an invasion of privacy! I love being silly inside our home. I love yelling. I love singing annoyingly when I’m alone. Should I feel disrespected? Should he feel disrespected? He’s bringing out the “what do you have to hide card”.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't feel like this is the wrong subreddit. Our subreddit should not only talk about how to enable everything automation, but also about the valid concerns of doing so in some cases.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think anyone reasonable would say this is not a valid concern. Hence this is a relationship problem, not a tech problem.

You can add as many kill switch as you want, but that doesn’t mitigate the risk of being video in your own home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I absolutely agree. It is a relationship problem in the end. But what I find quite enlightening about this discussion here is the clear reasoning why it is not a good idea for many reasons. The advantage of "why not" just doesn't even technically hold up compared to all the problems of "not secure against hacks", "not really covering classical home security" or "just one person in control" and all the other ones I forgot. If the guy does not listen to his wife's feelings (which is terrible...), then maybe at least when she has great arguments against it.