Comment on Leviton ToS Change
chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 3 months agoCool. So don’t use their app. I’d imagine HomeAssistant usage cannot be tracked as it wouldn’t go through their app.
FWIW, I’m all in on HomeKit, so I only control over Home app for my light switches from another vendor, and I’ve got no skin in the game with Leviton, but same idea applies. No vendor apps means their app based tracking are much less relevant.
archomrade@midwest.social 3 months ago
These devices are home-polling, which means commands/info is managed through WAN and their home servers.
Even if you don’t use their app, it still uses their servers.
sue_her_birds@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
You can use these devices with HomeKit and firewall then off from the internet so they can no longer phone home. I have mine brought into home assistant with the HomeKit controller integration and it’s on a WiFi network with no connection to the outside world. The downside is that it can’t receive a firmware update.
chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 3 months ago
Can’t wait for Matter and Thread become more mainstream. Local first (and device level egress blocked by VLAN) for the win.