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bpicolo on Aug 22, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Internet of Poorly Working Things

There are tons out there, no? Amazon Echo is a stark example, but e.g. nest camera seems to as well.

https://nest.com/support/article/Do-I-need-Wi-Fi-to-use-Nest...

Mister_Snuggles on Aug 22, 2016 [–]

The Amazon Echo makes sense to require an Internet connection.

There is nothing that the Nest cam does, apart from offsite backup, that requires it to contact the company's servers. Everything else can be local only with VPN for remote access.

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