Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 8 months ago16 years ago was 2008 (which is shocking in itself, I’m old), SSL was seen as very very optional until 2013, when Snowden dropped his CIA/NSA leaks.
I wouldn’t be surprised, is the security is “trust me, bro”.