On 6/28/2017 5:38 PM, lucretia wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:49:43 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 6/28/2017 3:45 PM, lucretia wrote:
>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:22:49 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/28/2017 12:15 PM, lucretia wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 09:13:28 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/27/2017 2:04 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nothing scary about it, just don't need a lot of it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheri
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Exactly, Cheri. I don't need everything to be connected. In this case
>>>>>> I'm talking about smart phones and "connected" appliances.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why would I need to be able to turn the lights on (or off) in my house
>>>>>> via a phone? If I'm going out and I know it will be dark when I return,
>>>>>> I switch on a lamp before I leave. No need to turn on lights using an
>>>>>> app on a phone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Living in a house I might like to turn different lights on and off if
>>>>> I was away, to make it appear I was not away.
>>>>>>
>>>> I used timers that turned the lights on and off in the bedroom and
>>>> living room when I was away. Just plug it into the electric socket and
>>>> plug the lamp into the timer. Set the timer. On at dusk, off at
>>>> bedtime. On again in the morning, off during the day.
>>>
>>> I usethose for convenience but I am referring to a house, if you want
>>> potential burglars to think someone is at home, the lights need to be
>>> different every night. You can't do that with timers.
>>>>
>>>
>> Of course you can. AM PM, different times and different lights in
>> different rooms. You can turn the TV on and off. Anything you can plug
>> into an electric outlet. No need for a "smart" anything.
>>
>> Jill
>
> You believe they are so dumb they don't see a pattern?
>
All I can say is I was never burglarized when I was away from home.

Jill