This morning my kid asked the voice assistant to “Turn off the computers in this house”.

I heard it, thought well that’s a strange request but seems harmless because how is home assistant gonna turn off computers.

Me a little while later, “why is shit broken? What’s happening!”

Turns out dumb me had adguard exposed to the voice assistant, it switched off all the adguard settings including the DNS rewriting that is the cornerstone of many of my self-hosted services.

I’ve since revoked that access.

  • @[email protected]English
    8•1 month ago

    I’m using a UPS now so I’ll get rid of the smart plug. I’ve been using it for three years and haven’t had issues with it cycling though.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•1 month ago

        My favourite ones are these ones from Sengled: https://a.co/d/9UPGMTZ

        I’m in the USA so these are US-style ones. They support 1800W (which is the max for standard US outlets), use Zigbee, and are ETL certified.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•1 month ago

        I have Meross smart plugs and they don’t cycle unexpectedly. They do use older wifi chips though and my Meross garage door opener has issues staying connected for some reason . I’ve not had an issue with their power plugs though, been using them for 3-4 years as well.

          • @[email protected]English
            2•1 month ago

            There is an HACS addon for Meross to make the calls all local. I haven’t messed with it too much but it does work. The issue with my garage door opener is purely an issue with my Ubiquity setup and the fact it’s connecting through an exterior wall.