Re: smart plugs???

In comp.os.linux.misc D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

 
 
On Thu, 16 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 16/01/2025 09:33, Mike Scott wrote:

On 15/01/2025 20:31, Pancho wrote:

I think you have to be careful that they are not controlled by a
cloud service.  If you have a cloud service you need a working wan
connection and you are exposed to the cloud service provider
disappearing.

 
(Thanks to all for replying)
 
This is the rub.  tp-link clearly /want/ the consumer to use their
"cloud" service - which is usually just a fancy codeword for 'we
want your data'.  There's no actual /need/ that I can see in this
case.
 

Actually there is.
>
It is the simple way to solve 'remote access' to your 'behind NAS'
network connected gadgets
>
Now *we* can organise that because we are geeks, but te average
coinsumer?  Doan mak me larf!

 
I use tor to give me a globally unique name where I can access my
stuff behind NAT as a Tor hidden service.

99.1% of the total users would be incapable of achieving what you are
doing with Tor, even if given infinite time to set it all up.