Recent Matter protocol news paints a picture of a unified smart home. But behind this polished facade lies a calculated strategy by Big Tech to deepen vendor lock-in, replacing old hardware walls with a more subtle, digital prison.
Constant smart home frustrations arise from unreliable, cloud-dependent gadgets that fail to deliver on their promise. The true solution is a local control smart home, which ensures reliability, protects privacy, and creates a secure, user-centric living space.
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.