As an aside, for those insecure smart sex toys… Does anyone else think that, for the right market, that might be a feature rather than a bug? There are probably some exhibitionist types out there who are turned on by the idea that somebody could snoop on them, or activate the device without their knowing it.
There’s an accessory position on your ignition switch. The change happens in the car, not in your key fob.
Whoever designed that was bit of a dimbulb.
The problem is that when software like this fails it tends to fail in a frustrating and boring way. A sex toy that gives a blinking light instead of whatever it does. Not one that intermittently turns on from a stranger playing with it.
You have got to love the SDMB where a post about a seemingly long and complex factory reset for GE smart light bulbs which most people, even those who own those bulbs, will never need to use evolves into sex toys.
Add to that people who have no intention of using a certain technology, and are not being forced to use that technology but still want to complain about it.
This just seems so complicated that I’d expect it was using software. But the whole point of a factory reset is that the software has crashed and isn’t functioning. That’s why factory resets always involve using hardware. The little button is the obvious way, but you also have pressing and holding some buttons for a while, or something like that which is easily built into the hardware.
I mean, I guess having a separate chip that handles the reset is possible. But I would still think that it could go wrong and you’d want a physical reset method as well, one requiring physical contact with the bulb.
But if such exists, I’d expect it to be mentioned in this video. Sure, it can possibly be difficult to get your hands on the bulb, to where you’d prefer some complicated sequence instead. But it could also be really easy, like, if it’s a ceiling fixture you can easily reach.
Or, you know, it’s in a lamp.
A separate chip running something really simple is a common way of doing reset without direct user hardware access. Yes, it could go wrong, but it’s simple enough that it probably won’t without an actual hardware failure.
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