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posted by mrpg on Sunday December 23 2018, @12:02AM   Printer-friendly
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Update, Dec 21, 2:47pm: In response to customers' frustration, Logitech issued another statement today with instructions on how to enable private local API controls.

Many users of Logitech's Harmony Hub smart home hub and remote were recently met with a nasty surprise. The device's latest firmware update, version 4.15.206, reportedly cuts off local access for Harmony Hubs. As a result, many users who created home automation and smart home systems using third-party APIs haven't been able to control many, and in some cases, all of their connected IoT devices.

Logitech began pushing out firmware update 4.15.206 last week, its release notes stating that it addresses security and bug fixes. Users immediately flocked to Logitech's community forms to complain once they realized the systems they built up to control their smart home devices essentially became unresponsive. Users with Homeseer and Home Assistant APIs have reported parts of their systems broken, preventing them from controlling things like smart TVs, sound systems, and more using the Harmony Hub and its remote.

Last night, Logitech responded with an official statement on its forums, saying in part that the firmware update addresses "security vulnerabilities" and that those "undocumented" APIs that some have been using for home automation were never officially supported in the first place.

Source: Logitech disables local access on Harmony Hubs, breaks automation systems [Update]


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by fyngyrz on Sunday December 23 2018, @10:34PM (2 children)

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Sunday December 23 2018, @10:34PM (#777930) Journal

    More MyCroft info, verified with the official MyCroft project folks within the last day or so:

    • STT issues:
      1. You can use a local STT engine, removing the WAN-based STT interaction
      2. You can interact with a CLI instead of STT, also removing the WAN-based STT interaction
    • Skills issues
      1. You can self-triage the "skills" in order to remove WAN-based interactions
      2. They have expressed an interest in flagging WAN/non-WAN skills so as to ease this kind of usage

    The account requirement remains at this point in time.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by DeVilla on Sunday December 23 2018, @10:53PM

    by DeVilla (5354) on Sunday December 23 2018, @10:53PM (#777940)

    I hope they'll make or more than all-or-nothing. I'd like the default to be don't go to the internet for stuff without asking or being told. (If I ask it to "google" something, then yes, go to google.com. If I ask what's on the calendar for today and I set up a local calendar, don't be broadcasting info about it to anyone.)

    That's the same problem with android security last I checked. I can't give an application permission to take photos without giving it permission to look at all my photos. I can't grant it storage space without giving it full access to the sd card.

  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by fyngyrz on Sunday December 23 2018, @11:38PM

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Sunday December 23 2018, @11:38PM (#777947) Journal

    I was also directed to this project [github.com] which is the beginning of a personal server.

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