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Smart home applications

I have compiled a static page with my current smart home setup describing my smart home applications.

I’m also describing there on a high level the technology used, the devices and the applications.

Smart home applications
Some Smart home devices

Of course you can always discuss, if you really need that. But on the other hand it’s provides a few convenient functions. And as long as these are there in any applications, people will go for it.

Another questions is also, if you have to go with one of the big three service providers. As an alternative you don’t have to use one at all or go with a proprietary solution like picovoice as an NLP solution for managing all your smart home applications.

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Email content scanning

As many others I’m using Gmail as an email provider. And now I’m quite sure that email content scanning is happening there.

It’s just the question how intense this is done and what is happening after the scanning?

I assume that at least sometimes data of the users is given further to other companies and these companies can then address the users directly.

So it is definitely recommended to use other solutions for a real private conversation, e. g. using another service or use end to end encryption like flowcrypt for chrome.

Email content scanning
Mail

Google claims they don’t read your email, but I have strong doubts that this is completely true.

I don’t wanna go into the private details, but I wrote just recently some specific phrases and was addressed by an email the day after directly related to that topic. And the email did not go into the spam folder…

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Moore’s law within AI

Jim Keller, a quite famous engineer who worked at different tech companies, talks about Moore’s law within AI.

Moore's law within AI
CPU processor chip

It’s quite a long podcast but really worth listening.

https://pca.st/episode/fbba113c-a01c-4490-a0ea-bcedb3c3dc74

Jim Keller podcast
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Voice privacy at home

If you wanna have voice privacy at home and don’t wanna rely on the big mass surveillance companies like Google or amazon, you can.

Just check out the following article which options you have.

Voice privacy at home
Mic

AI is not so special anymore and can be provided on small devices without a connection to the big servers, called Edge AI. And I promise there will be more on the future.

Checkout the company picovoice, for example.

Give the power back to the people! 🙂

https://www.wired.com/story/edge-ai-appliances-privacy-at-home/

Wired
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Skifahren in Zell am See

Wir hatten drei tolle Tage beim Skifahren in Zell am See mit meiner Arbeit diconium!
50€ für 3 Übernachtungen mit Halbpension als Unkostenbeitrag ist super günstig, oder?

Grandioses Wetter, tolle Kollegen, und abwechslungsreiche Pisten.

Was will man mehr!

Hier ein paar Bilder aus meinem Google Album.