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David Mead

@linkdhome.com.bsky.social

IT professional and smart home enthusiast. Serial tech helper and creator of linkdhome.com.

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Cloud-based smart home control sucks, and this is exactly why. It's notable that the Belkin devices with HomeKit support will continue to work. Local control is the only viable, remotely secure way to build a smart home.

13.07.2025 04:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Tapo D210 completed it battery rundown test today. An impressive 98 days at high sensitivity and frequent motion tests. Second only to the Ring Battery Doorbell Plus at 102 days.

01.07.2025 04:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Eufy C30 doorbell box held in my hand

Eufy C30 doorbell box held in my hand

What have we here? Including a memory card? Nice.

20.06.2025 02:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just a gripe about applying the 'desktop colors your app' to the icons as well in agreement with you sentiment...I think.

20.06.2025 02:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Icon colors are such a massive visual queue when you're looking for something I can't imagine having them all the same. It would drive me nuts.

19.06.2025 11:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Eve Energy (Matter) Review The Eve Energy smart plug provides fast, reliable operation over Thread for any smart home that supports Matter. It’s a high-quality product let down only by its bulky form factor.

Finally got around to running the Matter-based Eve Energy through my test panel. Full report is now available: linkdhome.com/reviews/eve-...

19.06.2025 05:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's a reasonable assumption if it's a FIDO endorsed format. I'm keen to try it out when I get some time.

17.06.2025 06:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

'Meta' and 'privacy' really don't go together in the same sentence.

17.06.2025 06:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What’s new in passkeys - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer Discover how iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS 26 enhance passkeys. We'll explore key updates including: the new account creation API for...

It's good to see some movement on proper Passkey transfers from Apple. I'm still concerned that it requires 'participating manager apps' even though it uses FIDO standard data interchange. Really hope it takes off. developer.apple.com/videos/play/...

16.06.2025 06:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I'm finally happy with my Sensibo automation in Home Assistant. This Node-RED flow makes it completely hands-off and seems to be working flawlessly now. I've even included some self-healing in the event the data link get's stuck.

14.06.2025 10:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Wemo Smart Video Doorbell Night IR sample
YouTube video by LinkdHOME Wemo Smart Video Doorbell Night IR sample

Wemo's doorbell camera doesn't produce a great result, unfortunately. The lowest image clarity score I've had so far. youtube.com/shorts/sFIZv...

12.06.2025 04:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks, I took too long to jump ship.

12.06.2025 02:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
die cast metal wall bracket for the Wemo smart video doorbell

die cast metal wall bracket for the Wemo smart video doorbell

When most video doorbells use a cheap plastic wall mount, Wemo comes in with a solid metal one even with a bargain price point.

12.06.2025 02:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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