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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are talking about starting the building process in the next year.  We have several items in our house that have been added in recent years with "smart" functions but have little experience beyond Alexa, Schlage locks, ring cameras.  I would love to have smart features if we build, but where do we even start? Are there whole house systems and where would you recommend to begin researching them? Is this something the builder will know or are there separate "smart home" consultants? [/quote]

Start with a list of features that you want to be "smart" in your house i.e. lights to be turned on/off using apps, door lock, garage, appliances, etc. Do you want all of them to be centralized smart in one place or you want them individually smart with their own app? Ask builder to what level of smart that they are aware of and what can they do? Thing is they will outsource this to a sub who can do this, it's part of your building cost, so make sure you're on top of what you want and be knowledgeable about them.

Our home was built "smart" and we turned the whole system off and don't use them. The idea of the system is hacked and controlled by hacker scares us. And your behavior data is collected and used for AI. It's beyond anything we can comprehend.[/quote]

I’ve never understood this line of thinking. Hackers want data, large companies’ financial mostly, or individual money accounts, and would have zero interest in spending the time to break into your system to control your lights on and off. [/quote]

You are woefully naive.

There are hackers who simply like to do mischief. The thrill is simply hacking just to hack.  Imagine going on vacation and coming back to a $2000 heating bill because a hacker thought it'd be funny to run your AC at 55 degrees for weeks on end. Then there were creepy hackers who hack into all of the cameras people setup in their homes. They simpy live stream peoples' homes to the Internet because there are many people out there who enjoy voyeurism. They even streamed cameras from people who had them in their childrens' rooms.

IoT in your home and smart everything is the dumbest idea ever..[/quote]

This isn't really a thing. I'm sorry you have to worry so much about things that will never happen.[/quote]

Keep sticking your head in the sand with your smart dumb homes:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/website-live-streaming-security-cameras-private-1.6083168

https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/02/08/security-camera-privacy-hacking/

https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2023/05/rings-privacy-failures-led-spying-and-harassment-through-home-security-cameras

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/us/Hacked-ring-home-security-cameras.html

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/nest-spying-hack,news-19290.html

https://www.pcmag.com/news/turning-a-nest-smart-thermostat-into-a-data-stealing-spy-in-15-seconds

https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/hacker-compromised-family-s-wi-fi-taunted-family-with-thermostat-camera-for-24-hours

https://www.wired.com/story/kalay-iot-bug-video-feeds/

By all means 'upgrade' (i.e..more like downgrade) your home with all of the smart crap and IoT.  You deserve to have your entire life exposed and all of your data put on the Internet for being woefully naive.

How did humans ever live before their microwaves, dishwashers, and laundry machines could connect to the Internet!!???  
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