On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 09:13:28 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/27/2017 2:04 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message news:6493986e-01a7-4f6d-9dd4-
>> I simply said that most of the posters here find the modern world scary.
>> Either you agree with that or you don't. This isn't about you or me.
>>
>>
>> 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 recently saw a TV ad showing a teenage brother and sister driving home
>in a car. Their parents called, did you do the laundry? They scrambled
>on the phone, find the app! They turned on the washing machine via
>their phone.
>
>Yes, there is an app for that. IF your washing machine is "connected".
>
>Sorry, but in what real life scenario does that fit? Gee, I forgot to
>turn on the washer, must do it by phone!

There are many countries where running appliances in off peak hours
means a big saving on the power bill.
>
>Get real. They put the clothes in the washing machine. They
>(hopefully) added detergent. Yet they didn't think to turn it on when
>they were standing right there? Idiotic.

Not is they can have off peak hours
>
>It's not scary technology. It's silly. Start the washing machine via a
>phone. Really? Who does that?

Probably quite a few and maybe young parents going to work rushed off
their feet.
>
>Of course you have to pay more for all of this technology. More
>breakable expensive parts, too. No thank you.
>
>Jill

To the people who need/want it that's fine. However I felt the avast
email was more a warning to those people to have a little think about
the potential disadvantages/risks involved.