IFTTT Warns Its Users Not To Migrate To Google Accounts (engadget.com) 22
Back in May Google announced it was phasing out its Work With Nest program in favor of a Works With Google Assistant framework, frustrating many users as it will break IFTTT tie-ins. Thankfully, IFTTT has some good news for concerned users: IFTTT applets designed for the Nest Thermostat, Nest Protect and Nest Cam will continue to work after August 31st, when Google plans on shutting down the Works With Nest Program. Engadget reports: But, there's some bad news. IFTTT's applets won't work at all if users move their Nest accounts to Google accounts. This is fine for now, obviously, but in the future it means users could miss out on new features only available through a Google account. Google has said it's working on a system that will allow IFTTT users to migrate, but whether the company will integrate the comprehensive features that made IFTTT so popular in the first place is another question entirely.
Re:What the fuck is IFTTT? (Score:5, Informative)
They should probably have made it a link, but on the other hand, if you don't know what IFTTT is already then this isn't going to be interesting for you.
IFTTT is "If This Then That". Web tool to chain simple conditionals, mostly used for home automation AFAIK but you can do lots of creative things.
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What the fuck is IFTTT?
It's something that will lock you out of your house when the internet connection drops out.
People are buying insane shit
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It's something that will lock you out of your house when the internet connection drops out.
Yes, but on the other hand, if you forget your key and are locked out of your house, you can go to the window and yell: "Alexa, unlock the front door."
I am not joking. I have actually done this.
It is not as insecure as it sounds, because Alexa asked for a 4-digit verification code before unlocking the door.
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It is not as insecure as it sounds, because Alexa asked for a 4-digit verification code before unlocking the door.
Which you also yell through the window from outside? :) I suppose you want to change it as soon as you get inside, which probably means a post-it note in your wallet.
Re: What the fuck is IFTTT? (Score:2)
That depends on how often you lock yourself out, of course. Itâ(TM)s happened to me once in 40+ years.
Pro tip: Make sure the only ways to lock up are from the outside with a key, or person inside throwing the bolt. This generally means you canâ(TM)t use locking knobs, as they require neither (at least for North American Locks)
Re: What the fuck is IFTTT? (Score:2)
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I think it's a typo. They meant PFFFT.
How about no cloud at all (Score:3)
I refuse to ask corporate servers for authentication and control behind my own firewall. I don't want thermostats and garage doors and doorbells and cameras that have ANY tie in to a corporate server once I buy them.
Re: How about no cloud at all (Score:2)
Raspberry Pi has a Hat for That.
Thereâ(TM)s z-wave.me, which can be configured to be local, in your firewall only.
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As for thermostats and garage doors, well, the added possible mischief is simply too much. I would not add those to the intern
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I refuse to ask corporate servers for authentication and control behind my own firewall. I don't want thermostats and garage doors and doorbells and cameras that have ANY tie in to a corporate server once I buy them.
I don't understand why you decide to come into a discussion of a Nest integrating with an online service, owned by a large online service provider only to tell everyone that you don't want any part of the discussion.
You could just not bother with the story, or maybe to save time in the future you can give us an itemised list now of all the things you're not interested in?
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I don't understand why you decide to come into a discussion of a Nest integrating with an online service, owned by a large online service provider only to tell everyone that you don't want any part of the discussion.
Seems to me that saying 'I won't use a cloud service controlled by somebody else to automate my home' is an entirely valid part of any discussion of Nest and the like. Especially since TFA highlights one of the major disadvantages of letting a corporation own your shit - or should that be 'pwn' your shit...
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Yes, but you are raising issues that the owners of these services would rather not have the public think about. The consequences of your data being left online unsecured someplace. Or the service provider monetizing you by selling access to third parties.
You aren't being a very good consumer, citizen.
the IFTTT sounds like a nosey snitch app (Score:4, Informative)
If This Then That, also known as IFTTT (/Éft/),[5][6] is a free web-based service to create chains of simple conditional statements, called applets.
An applet is triggered by changes that occur within other web services such as Gmail, Facebook, Telegram, Instagram, or Pinterest.[7]
For example, an applet may send an e-mail message if the user tweets using a hashtag, or copy a photo on Facebook to a user's archive if someone tags a user in a photo.[8]
In addition to the web-based application, the service runs on iOS and Android. In February 2015, IFTTT renamed its original application to IF, and released a new suite of apps called Do, which lets users create shortcut applications and actions.[9] As of 2015, IFTTT users created about 20 million recipes each day.[10] All of the functionalities of the Do suite of apps have since been integrated into a redesigned IFTTT app.
the IFTT sounds like something i would want to block with my
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the IFTT sounds like something i would want to block with my /etc/hosts file
Why? You need the service running and linked to accounts to achieve anything with it. For online based triggers you need to sign-up and do something that is completely independent from your machine. What's the point of trying to block something that you didn't setup and is independent of the device you're trying to block it from?
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Which makes want to promote my invention again. The only system that is, all local control, logically complete. Here is 10 lines of code that IFTTT will never be able to do: http://librehome.com/doc/devel... [librehome.com]
This website is severely lacking in information about these products. And in order to be successful, one would have to actually be able to buy the products.
Rapid Reviews (Score:1)