Introduction
If you’ve never used home automation, it can seem like a gimmick at best, and a potential nightmare at worst.
Untold numbers of movies and TV shows have explored the potential horrors of home automation. In an episode of “Mr. Robot,” a woman is driven from her home after hackers make her apartment go haywire.
Even if complete takeover of your home by revolutionary hackers is far-fetched, problems could be annoying. By definition, home automation takes place in your personal space, and buggy code or simple human error, even in Apple’s somewhat simplified offering, could have a real impact on your life. It’s prudent to think carefully before diving in.
But once you begin to use home automation, you start to see the everyday problems ...
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