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Hi, i have been using smart lamps from aliexpress for awhile now. But these lamps force me to connect to an android app that phones-home to Beijing. Without the chinese yeelight app, i cannot change the color of the lamps. I find that kind of creepy.

Is there a good smart lamp system that is privacy respecting and hopefully opensource?

One that is locked to my local lan instead of a chinese trojan horse that spy's on me 24/7.

I'm an arch linux user and i know some basic python scripting.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you don't mind "dumbing down," the bulbs with an infrared or RF remote don't require any apps. I prefer those for that reason

[–] dot20 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IME those can be unreliable though, and they're barely cheaper than Zigbee bulbs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Eh you get what you pay for. I have a "kamija" branded one that I use on my nightstand daily for about 5 years now. Has an aluminum base and weighs a ton. Looks like they didn't survive covid though, RIP

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

definitely would agree. the less things connected to the internet the better. same goes with using a timer unit in a heater instead of an app