[jordanab]

> I still don't connect to anything in the cloud, and I block call-home functionality in my firewall such as that of the Philips Hue

If you're blocking your Philips Hue Bridge from connecting to the cloud, and you're a Home Assistant user, why not install the ZHA module and connect your lamps directly to HA instead of the Hue Bridge? I've been wanting to do this myself, but the prospect of losing access to both the native Hue app and the Hue Disco app is making it a hard sell in my household :)

[alias_neo]

Good question. When I started there was no alternative to the bridge, I haven't done much updating lately (I'm a new father) and it all works. I use WireGuard to connect for remote access.

I will certainly look into it as the Hue bridge accounts for a significant number of requests being blocked compared to my network's baseline.