TehBamski@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWhat's been your most painful parent tech support moment?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up17arrow-down1imageWhat's been your most painful parent tech support moment?i.imgur.comTehBamski@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square73linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareTipRing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoFortunately my dad is a retired cybersecurity architect so they live as modern-day Luddites.
minus-squareAggravationstation@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months ago No smart home crap I use Home Assistant for my smart home stuff. As soon as I have a free afternoon I’ll be setting up a VLAN to keep it off the internet.
minus-squareSqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI wish. My father currently works in IT and has “smart” everything (except locks, thankfully) He has multiple Alexa thingies (used to be Google homes), Internet thermostat, smart light switches, smart cameras/doorbells, smart plugs Idk why he does. The only thing that really provide any value are the light switches and plugs (scheduled lighting) and maybe the doorbell thingies
minus-squarewhats_all_this_then@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI love how it’s the people who know the most about how modern tech works that want nothing to do with 90% of it.
Fortunately my dad is a retired cybersecurity architect so they live as modern-day Luddites.
I use Home Assistant for my smart home stuff. As soon as I have a free afternoon I’ll be setting up a VLAN to keep it off the internet.
I wish.
My father currently works in IT and has “smart” everything (except locks, thankfully)
He has multiple Alexa thingies (used to be Google homes), Internet thermostat, smart light switches, smart cameras/doorbells, smart plugs
Idk why he does. The only thing that really provide any value are the light switches and plugs (scheduled lighting) and maybe the doorbell thingies
I love how it’s the people who know the most about how modern tech works that want nothing to do with 90% of it.