lab_server/assessment.md

Server Lab Assessment

Tom,

Nice work! Eveything seems to be working well, and your responses in notes.md are thoughtful.

If you are running a home security system or a smart home. Currently, smart home and iot devices require you to sign up for an account and share data. A more secure version of this would host everything on your own server and network, and restrict access to only those with a connection to the network.

Indeed! This is why I'm so keen on Home Assistant. It's all open-source, uses cheap commodity hardware, and it's all local. We're so conditioned to expect services to be cloud-based, but this architecture is first and foremost about centralizing data collection for the benefit of companies.

Chris