I’m never putting one of these in my home.

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    You can have a privacy-first smart home. I have. I run Home Assistant in a docker container. No external services/plugins. My smart doorbell streams to my local nvr. If my internet is down, everything keeps working. And it’s not even that hard anymore. It’s become a lot easier over the last 2-3 years. Still not for non-techie users, but a lot better.

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      That sounds pretty reasonable.

      Edit: Still kind of want to call my place “Stupid House” for myriad other reasons

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      I’m not tech illiterate by any means, and everything after “home assistant” in that post is Greek to me

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        Docker is a way to run containers. Basically lightweight virtual servers. That makes it easy to run multiple servers on one machine. An NVR is a network video recorder. It’s like a video security system like they use in stores where all cameras are viewed and recorded in a single place. I assume you know what a doorbell is 😄

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      Have any resources to get started with that? Been looking into security systems but don’t fully trust nest/ring/simplisafe etc

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      Teach me your ways please! Setting up a Home Assistant seems like such a daunting task. I’m stalling converting my devices into it. Any tips for a (home assistant) beginner?

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        I just followed the steps on their site. Containers give me cancer, so I did a real install on my home server.

        Caveat: I am a professional software engineer (but I didn’t really have to hack anything)