NOB please be gentle,
recently I purchased an ongrid solar package and was told that i could access my data by wifi.. i expected to be able to get data from the device in realtime but found that I had to give my private data to 3rd party as part of warranty and historical access to data and the unit must be connected to thin internet or void warranty.
I found that anyone could gain access to the unit and spy/learn my habits with a simple click of a QR code, further investigation the data was sent un encrypted to china and the web interface easily accessed and displayed my SID password in plan text. simple enough that anyone could do this.
Making the device/unit total unsafe for my family members and property safety. on top of this the electricity company have installed a 4g modem into my power meter and monitor my activities in real time and store over 192 readings of my meter per day and store that for 7 years and will not remove the invasion of my privacy as well..
im seeing that the same is said with some BT devices for off grid applicatinos if i was to go off grid being extremely insecure and/or require internet access for registration to configure/monitoring.
as an example, I recently contacted victronenergy asking/wanted a product that protected my privacy, with my requirements being no IoT device have access to the internet, no 3rd party push/pull allowed and that I store/control in realtime my own private data for historical purposes. to that they basically ask me to go way. Im seeing this with most products.
For people that what property safety and enjoy privacy, is there a list of products and.or software that respect / meet privacy and still allow for local only configuration, monitoring and and historical data capture ...
recently I purchased an ongrid solar package and was told that i could access my data by wifi.. i expected to be able to get data from the device in realtime but found that I had to give my private data to 3rd party as part of warranty and historical access to data and the unit must be connected to thin internet or void warranty.
I found that anyone could gain access to the unit and spy/learn my habits with a simple click of a QR code, further investigation the data was sent un encrypted to china and the web interface easily accessed and displayed my SID password in plan text. simple enough that anyone could do this.
Making the device/unit total unsafe for my family members and property safety. on top of this the electricity company have installed a 4g modem into my power meter and monitor my activities in real time and store over 192 readings of my meter per day and store that for 7 years and will not remove the invasion of my privacy as well..
im seeing that the same is said with some BT devices for off grid applicatinos if i was to go off grid being extremely insecure and/or require internet access for registration to configure/monitoring.
as an example, I recently contacted victronenergy asking/wanted a product that protected my privacy, with my requirements being no IoT device have access to the internet, no 3rd party push/pull allowed and that I store/control in realtime my own private data for historical purposes. to that they basically ask me to go way. Im seeing this with most products.
For people that what property safety and enjoy privacy, is there a list of products and.or software that respect / meet privacy and still allow for local only configuration, monitoring and and historical data capture ...