Any smart home or home surveillance should be on a closed circuit network that has no possible way of connecting to the Internet. Which would mean using an open source software and raspberry pis that you have full control over, not like Alexa's setup. Which is still, for the time being, too complicated for the "techies."
There's a couple open source smart home alternatives to Alexa, such as openHAB, but the quickest way to get started is switching from Amazon Fire TV sticks to Raspberry Pi as your home media centers.
Any smart home or home surveillance should be on a closed circuit network that has no possible way of connecting to the Internet. Which would mean using an open source software and raspberry pis that you have full control over, not like Alexa's setup. Which is still, for the time being, too complicated for the "techies."
I'm a computer science major and could probably figure this stuff out if I was pointed in the right direction, any suggestions?
There's a couple open source smart home alternatives to Alexa, such as openHAB, but the quickest way to get started is switching from Amazon Fire TV sticks to Raspberry Pi as your home media centers.