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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Is there a way to automate and make a smart home without compromising security or digital privacy? (alien.top)

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

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So, I'm tired of all these companies having access to my information and data. I'm also trying to limit security concerns from hackers and general lowlifes. Is this possible? Is there anyone who teaches or guides on this (preferably on YouTube as im a bit of a visual learner).

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

As others have said, Home Assistant is a great option, built from the ground up to be both completely local and private if you want, as well as extremely flexible. My entire house runs mostly on zwave and zigbee for lighting, security, power monitoring, hvac, cameras, and sensors, and those are kept completely local, no clouds, no companies, all running on a mini pc in my closet. Plus it's able to connect to other existing cloud stuff to integrate that don't have a local option, such as smart TVs, car chargers, smart thermostats, anything you can dream. r/homeassistant and their home-assistant.io are good starting places