Crossposted from https://infosec.pub/post/52518361
The TV world has been a pot of controversy thanks to a two-hour-and-15-minute video from Gamers Nexus claiming LG TVs are nefariously spying on everything you do. They can record and store audio even when they seem to be off, track everything you watch, and could even be hacked remotely and turned into covert surveillance […]
Sure, you can tie a string to one end, and, uh…
Sensors, timers, and other tons of non-ip networked solutions exist. I have lights that automatically turn on with bulb sensors and it does not require that they be IP networked with each other. Your red light could be wirelessly triggered on a lamp in another room if you wanted without IP networked devices. Many of the “dumb”, working solutions for these problems are cheaper and less complicated than using their networked equivalents.
I have motion sensing, magnetically attached wireless lights that turn on when I go down the stairs. I even have things that can use a single light switch to trigger multiple lamps without rewiring that required zero IP networking.
There are wireless light switches that have no battery because the switch sends a signal using the power from the force exerted on it. There are many types of automation that do not require IP networks.
Link to these devices? Sounds neat
Main one (which is a little pricey) is the switcheroo. Comes with a lifetime warranty: https://www.switcheroo.com/
I was thinking of the RunLessWire ones with the switch with no battery required, but it looks like they got sold to Philips. Nowadays it looks like several brands make a similar item: https://www.amazon.com/Self-Powered-Required-Wireless-Receiver-Lighting/dp/B0BRPKLL1Y
These are the stair lights I have: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DZ4SQNZ.
There are a whole lot of wireless outlet / light switch kits at low prices if you’re looking to have a lamp somewhere a distance from the switch source.