This category serves as a critical watchdog for the smart home consumer. Here, we dissect the latest industry news, corporate policies, and market trends, exposing the hidden risks of cloud-dependent ecosystems and advocating for consumer rights. From analyzing device “bricking” events to deconstructing predatory subscription models, these articles empower you with the knowledge to navigate the complex landscape of the smart home market and make informed decisions that protect your investment, your privacy, and your ownership.
orporations are laying the foundation for surveillance pricing, a system that weaponizes personal data to manipulate costs. Consumers are conditioned to trade privacy for a perceived bargain, a process that quietly dismantles the concept of a fair price.
The LG-Homey acquisition is more than a headline; it’s a crossroads. It forces a critical question about the true purpose of the smart home: is it a service, sold in exchange for data, or an extension of the private domain?
The familiar click on “I Agree” is a lopsided transfer of power. With every unread Terms of Service, consumers surrender fundamental rights to privacy, ownership, and legal recourse, representing a significant loss of digital autonomy. #ToSWatchdog
Your DNA has been weaponized. This article deconstructs the 23andMe breach, a targeted intelligence operation that turned ancestry into a liability and a privacy issue into a matter of national security.
We were promised “calm technology” but got surveillance capitalism. This post explains why the mainstream smart home is broken and introduces the “Thinking Home” framework—a new paradigm for a private and reliable system.
Spiraling costs, security vulnerabilities, and customer hostility are killing the cloud-dependent smart home model. We deconstruct this broken system and offer a strategic pivot to a more profitable, sovereign framework.
Do you really own your gadgets? This article explores the “Crisis of Ownership” through the work of Louis Rossmann, a consumer advocate fighting for your Right to Repair and the principles of the Sovereign Home.
We’ve warned about the dangers of cloud dependency, and Amazon’s Alexa+ debacle just proved our point. Discover why this “upgrade” is the single most persuasive argument for a locally controlled, sovereign smart home.