Home Assistant, avoiding insecurity
So, you’re running Home Assistant, you’ve opened it up to the Internet, and you’re worried about security? You’re not alone, so read on and see what you can...
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Home Assistant and (basic) Presence Detection
Reliable presence detection is a challenge for many people. In part this is because modern smartphones put WiFi (and apps) to sleep when they’re idle.
The secret is (not) to bang the rocks together
1 The title comes from one of the many funny lines in this book ↩
How not to break manual control of devices with automations
A common problem that comes up all the time is when people want a light or switch (or anything else Home Assistant can control) to turn off automatically, bu...
Remote access via PiVPN
I’ve already talked about setting up remote access, and configuring SSL certificates for Home Assistant. What though if you’re not using cloud services, and ...