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TEC091: The promise of the smart home hasn’t exactly lived up to the hype yet. Dom, Fr. Cory, and Jack talk about the pitfalls and friction that having smart home and IoT devices still involves and some workarounds they’ve found. Plus a review of Amazon’s Halo fitness band.

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Links for this episode:

• I’m Tired of Broken Smart Homes
• [easyazon_link identifier=”B07QK955LS” locale=”US” tag=”wwwsqpncom-20″]Amazon Halo[/easyazon_link]
• Ring is recalling 350,000 smart doorbells after some of them caught fire – CNN
• Microsoft urges users to stop using phone-based multi-factor authentication | ZDNet
• Google Photos ending unlimited free backup next year – 9to5Google

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• Fr. Cory: 12v Deluxe Battery Maintainer and Float Charger
• Jack: [easyazon_link identifier=”B084CQ41M2″ locale=”US” tag=”wwwsqpncom-20″]Fitbit Charge 4[/easyazon_link]
• Dom: Homepod mini

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