The Cookout

[Banks]

Where everything is connected, your fridge, your stove, to your damn washer and dryer. Do you think you can ever do a future with smart appliances? We already are connected via our phones, smart watches, tablets, PCs etc. Now we have fridges with computers built in, and are already nearing the possibility of every device in our home being "smart".

As well, using smart lights, ring doorbells, automated security systems etc. Pretty much everything we own will be able to collect our data. Eventually we'll get to a point where we'll have to use these smart appliances. Are you worried about that? I doubt our washers and dryers will have PCs built into them, but I could see them collecting data about how often clothes are washed, and other smart settings the "Future" will have.

 

[Trillfate]

Yea, i'm not cool with invasion of privacy and 24 hour surveillance that comes with it snart everything

 

[JerriBun]

I don't want smart anything. I just want normal appliances that don't talk back or tell someone all of my business.

Also, can a lot of that stuff be hacked? It's a bit creepy when you think about it.

 

[Jay]

I have smart lights and used to have a smart lock.

 

[Sapphire]

Who the f needs a smart fridge? Like if you can't remember what you got or what you need to get, make a list. This kind of tech is making it easier for things like Alzheimer's to be a bigger problem. If you ain't using your brain, you are going to lose it! I am good on all this. Outside of my smartphone, I don't need other tech that is designed to "make life easier" by invading my privacy.

 

[Kanu]

They make these things "smart" just to keep you dumb.

 

[Blackgravity]

I only use smart lights, I have one camera in my house that's pointed at my back door, all of the other cameras are outside. I would never go full smart devices in my house, especially when everything depends on internet connection, all you need is your ISP to shut you down and all of your smart stuff is now dumb.
CCTV mixed with smart is the best option for me.

 

[JerriBun]

Part of the smart home future they want for us?

Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during 'energy emergency'

When thousands of Xcel customers in Colorado tried adjusting their thermostats Tuesday, they learned they had no control over the temperatures in their own homes.

www.thedenverchannel.com

SMH.
Gotta stop walking into traps willingly.