Real talk: nobody should use these things. Not Google’s, not Amazon’s, not Apple’s… They are all capable of spying on you, and also being compromised by hackers.
Every time I see this comment I make the point that, from a privacy perspective, they are likely better than average consumer, non-rooted, non-linux* phones, laptops, desktops.
They give back one geographic position - your house, and you don’t give them credit card, social security, Healthcare or other personal information like you frequently use your phone and computer for.
You don’t even use them to search for porn (cue one guy saying he does)
please feel free to bicker about what counts as a “Linux phone” but I won’t join in.
Real talk: nobody should use these things. Not Google’s, not Amazon’s, not Apple’s… They are all capable of spying on you, and also being compromised by hackers.
Every time I see this comment I make the point that, from a privacy perspective, they are likely better than average consumer, non-rooted, non-linux* phones, laptops, desktops.
They give back one geographic position - your house, and you don’t give them credit card, social security, Healthcare or other personal information like you frequently use your phone and computer for.
You don’t even use them to search for porn (cue one guy saying he does)
HomeAssistant is FOSS and apparently capable.
Apple says that all your data is private. So I extra don’t trust them.
At least Google and Amazon are up front about the fact they spy on you