While contemporary smart homes are a far cry from the terrors PAT in Smart House, they can still be headache-inducing. A home stocked with multiple connected devices will often mean needing to juggle communication protocols, navigate opaque privacy rules, and resign one’s home to a number of security vulnerabilities. In the end, sticking to a “dumb” home might turn out to be the smarter option.

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