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by andylynch 1639 days ago
Have you looked at home assistant? It can control most things locally without any cloud (including HomeKit accessories)
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sneak 1639 days ago
I have. The Home Assistant iOS mobile app has embedded spyware.
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andylynch 1639 days ago
I’m surprised to hear that given that is antithetical to the project’s goals and policies. Do you have any details on this spyware?
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wrboyce 1639 days ago
I too am surprised to hear this. GP can you point to said spyware in the GitHub repo? https://github.com/home-assistant/iOS

If not I’ll have to go with Christopher Hitchens on this one.

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sneak 1638 days ago
It's right there on the privacy label in the App Store.
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wrboyce 1638 days ago
Data not linked to you

Identifiers:

Device ID

Usage Data:

Product Interaction

Diagnostics:

Crash Data

Performance Data

I don’t see anything untoward here. Can you provide evidence to explicitly support your claim or not?

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