Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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My husband wants to put a camera in our living space.should I be offended ? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by No-Excitement4199@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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We have a simple home(1 floor. 1bath. 2rooms) We live in a calm neighborhood, we don’t own extremely expensive things. And he wants a camera inside our home? For what? This camera can also record audio. We have a child together, we work and we come home. Why do we neeed a camera inside? I feel like it’s an invasion of privacy! I love being silly inside our home. I love yelling. I love singing annoyingly when I’m alone. Should I feel disrespected? Should he feel disrespected? He’s bringing out the “what do you have to hide card”.

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[–] BasilExposition2@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I have a camera in my basement that faces the backdoor in the basement. The idea there is if anyone breaks in that door- we would see them. There is also one outside that door as well (loads of them now).

I also have a few in the attic. Thought we had a mouse issue- turns out it was a bat. Allowed me to call the right guy.

I guess I would want to know where the recordings are. I use Blue Iris and my network is pretty well locked down. I don't record to the cloud or anything.

I do have an outdoor shower near that basement camera. I am the only one that uses it. Honestly, the video quality of most of these cameras is good but not the great. Even if I was naked and I was paparazzi material, the video would be worthless.

It is probably less of a risk than the video alexas, googles, and zoom machines we have around the house.