Samsung and Xiaomi apps on their factory defaults are mostly fine, update them once and suddenly you have ads flashing after every 2 interactions with your phone

  • raldone01@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    The Phillips hue bridge app. They forced online login in the new version for “security”. I don’t see how connecting to Philipps servers is more secure than local only.

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      6 hours ago

      I have wifi lights, when I move they will 100% be changed to zigbee. The cloud and iot has gone off the rails in security and convenience.