The ramifications of the questions you ask are pretty far reaching...especially things like "when am i home" and "when am i going to sleep", and other such pattern like behavior that would be invaluable to a would be burglar.
I'm not as concerned about the marketing potential for such things as "what's in my fridge"....as our daily activities have pretty much been marketed anyway....with our google searches and online purchases and whatnot. I think that ship has pretty much already sailed. I actually like the idea of a smart house....and I would not hesitate for a minute in naming mine "Hal". On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > So Google bought NEST recently. > > This story (*http://tinyurl.com/nlb7ucc <http://tinyurl.com/nlb7ucc>) got > me thinking about this. I have always thought that smart homes were both > cool and creepy. Cool of course because of the geek factor, like the > opening paragraph of the story shows, but creepy because my home is > essentially alive (in the digital world sense). One of the issues is said > well by this paragraph: "*But the challenges are looming large -- and hard > to solve. What's the best way to get devices talking to each other without > seeming too overly proprietary but still understandable and user-friendly? > What happens to the data about when I leave my house or go to bed or what's > in my fridge? Is that data safe? Is that data for sale? If not now, when > and for what trade-off"? > > That last sentence plays well into what the author says on how Google can > screw the deal up, Fumble on Privacy. This is my biggest concern, that my > house and all it's cook techy gadgets are telling on me. > > I will surely keep my eye on how the smart home pans out, and maybe one day > I'll dip my toes into the proverbial pool and see what's all the hoopla > about. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369201 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
