Fairly recently I had a terrible realization. For several weeks I have been plugging away giving away massive details about my upcoming home automation project. However what I did not take into consideration is the fact that I was setting myself up for a cyber attack.
Luckily for me, I have not decided on many aspects of my project and many decisions on which direction to take are still up in the air. For example, I am getting SmartThings, however I have also been looking into other hubs. Just because I acquire the SmartThings hub does not mean I will keep it on a permanent basis. This is just one of many examples.
Also lucky for me, I have not given away details of my future home security system. I feel posting these details about my home security is not a good idea. It is already bad enough that I have already publically declared my interest in home automation, however I am not going to allow that to deter me. My main fear is to have someone invade my system. This fear alone is why I have also decided that I will be encrypting my entire home setup. Granted I am well aware anyone with some real skill behind a keyboard can find and access a system even behind an encryption. That seems to always be a risk when doing anything regarding the internet.
I guess this realization is the main reason as to why I haven’t been blogging as much. I will still continue my project and gradually update my blog with details. However it is safe to say that I will be much more aware when it comes to what I will share and what I will keep to myself.
2014 is basically here, this is going to be a great year.
