[dkyc]

Please read what's on the site: "Nothing is recorded or sent across the network. Peace of mind, without giving up on privacy."

I appreaciate your privacy concerns, but not every device is the same. We are in an early stage of such cloud-based "smart devices", so we have to be careful as there are great conceptual differences between different products.

[PinguTS]

As an embedded engineer myself working in industrial applications as well as automotive and later of the to for the authorities, I know what is possible and what not.

The things, as I would design it and as others like Nest is doing it, those devices support silent updates to provide a "great and seeming-less customer experience". But here is the crux, you see. (;