Comment on Leviton ToS Change
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
The problem with all Home tech I’ve scene you control none of it. Only when you get a full copy of the source code which you are allowed to control and modify to your hearts content will I even consider one of these devices.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
While not quite “copy of source code” there are many, many zigbee/zwave devices that literally do not have the capability to phone home. They work fully within their respective networks and only talk to each other/the hub.
Now, the hub can phone home. But that’s when you use something like Home Assistant, which is open source.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
The fact that they can’t connect to the internet is no consequence to me and could even be considered a inconvenience. I want something that I can control the entire system. I should be able flash my own software based on the original code.
jkrtn@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
That’s the ideal, but it’s difficult to do that with every single machine. Like even with a computer not every motherboard can be flashed with Coreboot. The closest you can get right now is probably building devices with the ESP32 chips.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
You also can use ARM boards