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Why does my treadmill want my email address?
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2024
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And that's why boomers are constantly 'hacked'.
If you don't want someone else controlling those things, you do indeed need an account. If you are fine with a physical switch to control lights then just stick to that.
You do indeed need to authenticate that device to your other devices. But that doesn't require a middleman who won't care what happens to your hardware after they go under.