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'Woke up sweating': Some Texans shocked to find their smart thermostats were raised remotely

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Cyber Liberty:

--- Quote from: mystery-ak on June 19, 2021, 04:15:26 pm ---Our power company offered us and I assume other customers a free smart thermostat [200 value]

I course I took it..my son set it all up for us.

It was so hard and confusing to change the settings, kept telling us there was no internet connection when there was one...could not figure out how to change from heat to cool etc....don't judge..lol

I know we are old and not tech savvy but this thing was a PITA

So Mike went to the hardware store, bought a simple on/off heat/cool thermostat for $25 and we are back to normal...lol

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When I bought our latest phones a few years back, the salesman proudly told me I could get a Nest (Amazon) smart thermostat for free if I signed up for their monitoring.  I LMAO and said it'll be a cold day in Hell before I let one of Bozos' minion decide what to set it to.

Wingnut:
I'm a buttons and knobs guy. 

Leave me alone and get off my lawn is how I live.

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