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
As real-life “Rosie the Robot” descendants emerge from companies like Tesla, we face a critical choice: will they be loyal servants or corporate spies? This article explores the battle for the soul of the home robot.
A former homicide investigator reveals the truth about smart home privacy. Learn how your cloud data is seized and weaponized in the legal system, and why the “nothing to hide” argument is a dangerous myth.
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.
Are you a “digital tenant” in your own smart home? The story of Insteon’s collapse and remarkable user-led revival is the ultimate case study in the risks of the cloud and the power of local control.
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.
Level up your automations by building a sensor that thinks. This post details a “Weighted Confidence Sensor” that uses a scoring system to understand nuanced states, making your smart home more reliable and intelligent.