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Shitty Million Dollar Ideas
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This is a place to pitch goofy million dollar ideas that you had in the shower, as you were falling asleep, or during a fever dream. Think of it is as shitty Shark Tank.
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My Nest thermostat keeps wanting to enable two-step authentication. No thank you.
MFA for Smart Home devices is a really good idea given the security problems they present. You’re not locking each thermostat adjustment, you’re locking the ability to log in on a device to adjust the thermostat.
A Nest doesn't have to be connected to a network, at all. They're wired to your climate system the same way as a dumb thermostat. If you don't need remote control of your temperature--and I'm gonna be real here, does anyone need remote control of the climate system?--disconnect it from the network.
It's a dial that turns your temperature up and down. I haven't adjusted mine since, like, August.
I dunno about need, but being snuggled up in bed and changing the temperature from your phone is pretty great.