How do you handle the problem of not intruding into the privacy of the people you live with too much, while still keeping HA useful?
There is a fine line between making your common home pleasant by having it react on leaving (locking doors, turning off lights) and stalking (“where were you yesterday between twelve and four, I see you left the house”)?
I suppose in most homes there is one person playing around with home-assistant.io, while the other family members or cohabitants are much less in control.
How do you discuss this type of issue with your partners, family members, children, etc? Did you intentionally not use features because you thougt they are too intrusive?
I put a big touchscreen in the kitchen and once in awhile leave it on the history screen. I often show interested roommates how the automations work. I’m thankful for the easy GUI… When they say “hey, I was hanging out on the patio and the lights turned off”, we can go to the touchscreen and modify the conditions on the automation together. Involvement is your friend here. Try to put things on the interface that your housemates are interested in. For example if you notice from their dns logs that they’re into choke play, maybe show a list of the most recent episodes of a BDSM podcast for them on the common area touchscreen. That kind of openness can really tear down emotional walls. Good luck.
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