Well, That's a new one...

[HCHTech]

Working with a client remotely today on his wifi network. Found a bunch of devices with similar names & vendors listed, asked him what they were.....Mousetraps. There are IOT mousetraps, that will send you a notification when they trip. Hopefully they don't have cameras to capture the event - haha.

 

[lan101]

Wow lol...I'm just imaging them getting breached and they all go off at the same time with multiple notifications haha.

 

[frase]

Wow lol...I'm just imaging them getting breached and they all go off at the same time with multiple notifications haha.

FULL BREACH!!!!
SEAL THE AIRLOCK!
ENGAGE THE TESLA COIL!

 

[NviGate Systems]

Let's hope they don't have a RAT.

 

[Markverhyden]

Just make sure your customer doesn't get ratted out.........

 

[bertie40]

Let's hope they don't have a RAT.

I don't know you,....but I really do wish you a miserable but painless 10 seconds in the new year...

 

[NviGate Systems]

I don't know you,....but I really do wish you a miserable but painless 10 seconds in the new year...

I don't get it.

Well, obviously something I said didn't strike you too well, but that was a rather odd thing to say at least.

I will say I didn't like it, and it seemed disturbing to me for some reason and Im not one who is easily spooked.

 

[Markverhyden]

I don't get it.

Well, obviously something I said didn't strike you too well, but that was a rather odd thing to say at least.

I will say I didn't like it, and it seemed disturbing to me for some reason and Im not one who is easily spooked.

Let's put it this way. As I remember it @bertie40 has a sense of humor that's a bit different than other folks.

 

[bertie40]

Indeed. No offense was meant.
It's just a response to an exceptionally bad pun.

I did contemplate you being "1st against the wall when the revolution comes",....or be subjected to the Osmands "Long haired lover from Liverpool" on auto repeat....


Hope you get the point kiddo
Hugz.
Rob G.

 

[thecomputerguy]

Can't wait to deal with Coffee makers and toasters being connected to WiFi in the future like our vacuum overlords already have... NOT!

 

[Porthos]

Can't wait to deal with Coffee makers and toasters being connected to WiFi in the future

It is already here. Many appliances are Alexa connected.

 

[thecomputerguy]

It is already here. Many appliances are Alexa connected.

Even though I am in tech I don't understand the draw to over-teching everything.

I have friends and people who have these giant batteries in their homes costing $20k+ so they can retain power when there is a power outage. Unless it's a medical emergency to have power I just don't get it.

If my power goes out we light candles and spend some time disconnected from all of the negativity of the outside world. I don't see the problem. I have batteries to charge our phones for emergencies.

I might be biting my tongue here in a couple days. I'm right in the middle of all the CA fires right now. Not directly affected but we are surrounded by fire.

 

[britechguy]

I don't understand the draw to over-teching everything.

I have the feeling that those of us in this field are the most likely to scratch our heads at the mad rush to make every thing part of the IOT.

I just purchased an oven and deliberately sought out one that was NOT internet connected and that used, heaven forbid, a dial to set the oven temperature and a knob with stops to pick the function I want to use.

I want my appliances "off the grid" that's not the electrical grid.

 

[GTP]

If my power goes out we light candles and spend some time disconnected from all of the negativity of the outside world. I don't see the problem. I have batteries to charge our phones for emergencies

 

[bertie40]

I find it all a bit addictive. I now have a number of smartplugs, (for difficult to reach lamps) and have contemplated remote drawing motors for some window blinds.....

It's a slippery slippery slope

 

[Larry Sabo]

contemplated remote drawing motors for some window blinds.....

Go for it. Our sun room has 5 blinds that raise and lower (vs tilt) and the battery operated motors last a few months before needing a recharge. I can't imaging using draw strings instead of simply pressing one button on a remote control to raise/lower all five at once in just a second or two.

 

[Larry Sabo]

Unless it's a medical emergency to have power I just don't get it.

The thought of losing a freezer and fridge full of food (or freezing up all the pipes in the house during a winter power outage) is enough justify a portable or standby generator, be it gas or battery powered. $20K seems excessive.

 

[britechguy]

I can't imaging using draw strings instead of simply pressing one button on a remote control to raise/lower all five at once in just a second or two.

But are they web connected? I doubt it (but it is within the realm of possibility).

I don't think the head scratching is the result of people wanting to use "labor saving devices" but the idea that each and every one of them has to be web accessible from anywhere in the world. I just cannot conceive of most people even setting up the web connection on things like ovens, refrigerators, motorized blinds, and the list goes on and on. Ignoring my smart TV, which has to have an internet connnection to stream, the only other IOT thing I have in my house is the iRobot vacuum, and if it didn't keep the floor map in the cloud and need it in order to work, I'd not have set that up.

For me, there is just no reason to have a single blessed thing that doesn't need access to cyberspace having it at all.

 

[Larry Sabo]

But are they web connected? I doubt it (but it is within the realm of possibility).

No, so my comment was irrelevant. I missed that he was considering smart connection to the blind draw strings/motors.

 

[britechguy]

The thought of losing a freezer and fridge full of food (or freezing up all the pipes in the house during a winter power outage) is enough justify a portable or standby generator, be it gas or battery powered.

I guess it really depends on whether or not you think power outages in your area are likely to be long (as in days, not hours) or not.

When I was living in Western PA up through my college years the longest power outage I ever experienced was under 5 hours. Where I'm living in Virginia now, that's been the same with a single exception: the aftermath of the Derecho of 2012. In the aftermath of that we were without power for days (can't remember how many), yet because we did not open the freezer at all, virtually everything survived.

For myself, I can't justify the expense of a generator for a less than once every couple of decades, if that, type event. In the winter, we'd probably get away with no pipe freezing for at least a day to two days if the doors are kept closed for the most part. Winter outages are a rarity here in Virginia. Most outages are the result of summer storms where trees fall across power lines.