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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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Voice control is dangerous (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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This morning my kid asked the voice assistant to "Turn off the computers in this house".

I heard it, thought well that's a strange request but seems harmless because how is home assistant gonna turn off computers.

Me a little while later, "why is shit broken? What's happening!"

Turns out dumb me had adguard exposed to the voice assistant, it switched off all the adguard settings including the DNS rewriting that is the cornerstone of many of my self-hosted services.

I've since revoked that access.

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[–] dan@upvote.au 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm using a UPS now so I'll get rid of the smart plug. I've been using it for three years and haven't had issues with it cycling though.

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What kind do you have? If they didn't cycle randomly, i might get some for myself :D

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My favourite ones are these ones from Sengled: https://a.co/d/9UPGMTZ

I'm in the USA so these are US-style ones. They support 1800W (which is the max for standard US outlets), use Zigbee, and are ETL certified.

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

use zigbee

zigbee my beloved :D

thanks so much

[–] Zanathos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have Meross smart plugs and they don't cycle unexpectedly. They do use older wifi chips though and my Meross garage door opener has issues staying connected for some reason . I've not had an issue with their power plugs though, been using them for 3-4 years as well.

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Only issue with wifi plugs is that they want to call home otherwise won't connect :/

[–] Zanathos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

There is an HACS addon for Meross to make the calls all local. I haven't messed with it too much but it does work. The issue with my garage door opener is purely an issue with my Ubiquity setup and the fact it's connecting through an exterior wall.