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posted 215 days ago by RhodesianRidgeback 215 days ago by RhodesianRidgeback +74 / -0

AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto

The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.

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– TheOutlaw 12 points 214 days ago +12 / -0

Even people who would benefit from such a device would be retarded to trust big tech to operate it. An open source alternative would be a very good idea.

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– weezkitty 9 points 214 days ago +9 / -0

Why the hell does it need to connect outside of LAN?

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– daberoniandcheese 11 points 214 days ago +11 / -0

So it can sell your biometric data.

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– TheOutlaw 10 points 214 days ago +10 / -0

So it can steal your data. This applies to any smart home device, although I can imagine there being some benefit to being able to manage other devices remotely. A smart bed shouldn't require any network access.

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