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When claiming copyright, you should mention the date of first publication and if applicable, the last significant revision. Not the current date.
Comment · 3 years ago
These are the settings you're looking for:

* PrivacySandboxAdMeasurementEnabled

* PrivacySandboxAdTopicsEnabled

* PrivacySandboxPromptEnabled

* PrivacySandboxSiteEnabledAdsEnabled

Comment · 3 years ago
Sent you an email!
Comment · 3 years ago
Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately, all their "on call" features are coming soon, so it doesn't seem like a PagerDuty alternative just yet.
Comment · 5 years ago
A lot of off-the-shelf consumer smart home products do suffer from the drawbacks you've listed, but they do not generally apply to the smart home concept. My home is automated using components that use the KNX standard, and although the initial investment is higher than a conventional electrical installation, I'd argue maintenance is actually simpler and cheaper – as pretty much all of it is in the software.

Additionally, there's quite a few benefits: - It's all wired, so it's been rock solid; - It's vendor agnostic; - It's entirely local, so there's no subscriptions or even an internet connection dependency; - There's a ton of gateways available that allow me to interface with non-KNX products;

Overall, I'm pretty happy with it. It is just a matter of convenience however, it's hardly a must-have.

Comment · 6 years ago
Ubiquiti has a doorbell in their UniFi range. No cloud required. Not that interesting unless you're looking to use the other UniFi products as well though, as it's a bit of an investment to get into that ecosystem.
Comment · 8 years ago
Quite happy with Backblaze for exactly this reason, as it allows you to set your own private encryption key.

That they're quite reasonably priced doesn't hurt either :)

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Signal jamming will trigger high-end car alarms as well.

Also, if the alarm is connected to a security provider, a disruption in communication with the car will also cause them to follow up on it.

Comment · 10 years ago
For us nerds who want to effect change, and who are convinced data should be all you need, the book "Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard" by Chip and Dan Heath is a highly recommended read. It'll tell you all about the story, or as they call it: the elephant.

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