Are smart home AI hubs becoming privacy disasters?

[Highland Fatima]

Smart home AI hubs promise one assistant that understands lights, locks, cameras, heating, music and daily routines. That sounds convenient until you realise how much personal behaviour flows through one device. A hub that knows when you wake up, who visits, what rooms you use and when the house is empty needs serious privacy controls. Without local processing and clear permissions, this category could become a quiet disaster

[BretHart_Mike]

Convenience is seductive. People trade privacy one tiny feature at a time

[Leo]

A smart home should keep working when the internet goes down. That is my basic test

[RomanReigns02]

Local control matters more than voice tricks. I do not want cloud dependency for turning lights on

[Dylan]

The scary part is combining cameras, locks and routines. That is a lot of trust in one box