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TexasTowelie

(112,222 posts) Sat Jan 18, 2014, 01:14 AM Jan 2014

For some paranoid patriots in Houston, there’s a spy inside the thermostat

First, self-styled “patriot” groups told us to fear our electric meters.

Now, some Houston patriots worry our thermostats may be spying on us.

Of all the emails from Tea Party/9-12 Project groups about everything from creeping Sharia to martial law in Arlington, the wildest last week was about a home thermostat.

Google Inc.’s $3.2 billion purchase of California-based Nest Labs Inc., maker of a high-tech “smart” thermostat, has leaders of one Houston-based patriot group thinking the product is just too smart.

More at http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/01/17/5495344/for-some-paranoid-patriots-in.html .

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For some paranoid patriots in Houston, there’s a spy inside the thermostat (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2014 OP

If they'd quit growing weed in their basements, they wouldn't have anything to worry about jmowreader Jan 2014 #1

The Nest thermostat is really great, and it's quite the data collector. targetpractice Jan 2014 #2

jmowreader

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1. If they'd quit growing weed in their basements, they wouldn't have anything to worry about

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Sat Jan 18, 2014, 01:40 AM

Jan 2014

Isn't that what they tell us?

targetpractice

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2. The Nest thermostat is really great, and it's quite the data collector.

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Sat Jan 18, 2014, 01:42 AM

Jan 2014

This is not just a Tea Party concern... It's pretty obvious that Google purchased the company because they provide value by collecting data about usage to prove a better service. Nest was founded by the guy who created the iPod for Apple after all... The Nest is not just a thermostat... It's a platform.

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