The worst that can happen is they don’t return the disk

My hobby is designing smart home systems and building my own smart devices, as well as being a cyber security expert in my day job, so I’m actually a primary source.

Plus, don’t rely on strangers on the internet to spoon feed you sources. It’s pretty easy to do your own research (which is how I learned what I know. If I’m dubious of a claim, I research it myself, which is why I possess the wealth of knowledge I do.

But you can easily find the security risks posed by Tuya with light googling.

All of the cheap Chinese devices are Tuya, which is a Chinese company which iirc the CCP controls.

The only reason you should buy a Tuya device is if you’re going up flash it with an open source firmware.

Throw those bulbs away. They’re likely Tuya bulbs, and everything Tuya is a major security vulnerability. Worse than TikTok

Go with TP-Link. Their products work well, work with home kit, and work with things like home assistant. They’re also creating matter devices now.

Also, I’d recommend getting a smart light switch instead of a smart bulb since the Led controller in the bulb is what will fail first. But, I get that this isn’t an option for a lamp, or if your overhead light and fan are tied together.

For the lamp, a smart outlet would work, and for the fan you can probably rig up a Shelly relay at the fan so you don’t have to do a drop for the fan control cable (if it has that capability).

That’s only because that light has been running non-stop, and at very low power. It’s the on/off cycles that kills the filament.

Plus, the whole “they used to make stuff to last” thing is just survivorship bias. They absolutely made garbage products in the past, but those didn’t survive.

Plus, most things like appliances were major purchases. People today don’t want to/can’t drop the equivalent of $400 on a toaster or $3k on a washing machine.

Horseshoe crabs. Unchanged for hundreds of millions of years.

A lot of department stores will have a big and tall section shoved in a corner somewhere, but I usually have to order my actual size online after trying on the regular sizes.

They actually care a lot about illicit drug use because it’s very relevant to your health. For instance, if you’re on amphetamines and your doctor doesn’t know it, anesthesia can kill you.

They’re not going to snitch on you, though.

That’s just for the right lens, too.

Lame, come back when it’s running doom

With vinegar or some other descaler

Get a bucket, gloves, and laundry detergent and hand wash them. They’re not thick fabric, so you probably just need to let them soak for a bit then rinse.

If you wash them right after wearing them, it’s going to make it a lot less if a hassle.

Another option is to get a bunch of fabric glasses/sex toy pouches and use them as delicate bags.

Nvidia Shield and FireTV cubes are a decent replacement.

But yeah, you’re going to have input lag with those options. It might not be noticeable with something like Civ, but for stuff like Elden Ring or other games where timing is important it can cause issues.

Yup. My gaming rig lives next to our TV

Yeah, when you have the VPN running all of your external traffic should go through it. It starts to get complicated when you only want a specific container/user to use/bypass the VPN.

I bet it’s just a mannequin.

I worked at fuddruckers in high school, and the owner would jump over the counter and haul ass across the restaurant to lock the door in people’s faces. It was amazing.

Surprisingly, the restaurant didn’t last long.

Likely the same deal with the platter drives too.

You can buy a $400 900GB HDD, so OPs price gap is actually pretty narrow.

Which I’m pretty sure they’re already gunning for Google, so this might be more evidence for their case.