Shoutout to my smart lock for deciding 3 AM is the perfect time to recalibrate

Woke up to a series of beeps and the door unlocking itself. Now I'm too paranoid to go back to sleep.

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Recall my own smart home saga last month when my lights decided to flash like a disco at midnight. I spent twenty minutes whispering tech support curses at a voice assistant that kept mishearing 'off' as 'on'. My partner thought I was having a one-sided argument with a ghost. Now I sleep with a manual flashlight on the nightstand, just in case the robots fully revolt.

parker_anderson17h ago

The part about your partner thinking you were arguing with a ghost actually made me laugh out loud. That's the kind of thing that would have me questioning my sanity at midnight. I can just imagine the confusion and trying to explain it's the smart home, not a poltergeist. Tech really has a way of creating these absurd moments, lmao.

the_thea7h ago

Yikes! That's not just annoying, it's a legit security nightmare. Your door literally unlocking itself in the middle of the night bypasses every physical safety measure you have. It makes me wonder if these devices have any fail-safes against unsupervised recalibrations or updates. We joke about robot revolts, but a silent software bug could let someone in without a sound. I'd be paranoid too, and now I'm double-checking my own smart home settings. This stuff needs way more rigorous testing before it's in our homes.

rayl547h ago

Honestly, that's terrifying! My smart thermostat once blasted heat in July at 2 AM, and I woke up sweating buckets.