Operation Gadget
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A Mesh WiFi Network is Important to Apple Home Success
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn order to maximize the chance of great Apple Home performance, Operation Gadget recommends installing a high performance, Mesh WiFi Network. It’s amazing how many people start installing Video Doorbells, Smart Plugs, Smart Switches, Smart Thermostats, and Smart Speakers, but then experience problems with those devices intermittently failing to work when you…
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Useful HomeKit Online Communities
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn November 2020, we began automating our new home. I searched for online communities where discussions occurred about successes and failures regular folks had implementing HomeKit devices in their own homes. Reddit Reddit was a pretty hot place to look for user-generated content. So, I started looking for informative content there. Reddit…
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Avoiding Smart Home Control Controversies
Reading Time: 4 minutesAnna Kodé of The New York Times wrote a provocative article called Unwanted Connection: Who Has Control of Your Smart Home? that was published on Friday. I started out reading this article with alarm. I had never considered what would happen if I bought a house that had some Smart Home features…
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The Circle View Doorbell’s Stunning Improvement
Reading Time: 5 minutesI bought my wife a Logitech Circle View Doorbell for Christmas in 2020, when it was newly on the market. It has turned out to be a great product; Arguably the best HomeKit Secure Video doorbell available in North America. The funny thing about the Circle View Doorbell is that it wasn’t…
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Operation Gadget Currently Features Minimal Theming
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI hope you are enjoying reading Operation Gadget since I rebooted it a little more than a week ago. I wanted to write briefly about the visual design of the site. I’m experimenting with WordPress Block Themes in order to better understand them. This is primarily because they are a new…
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When Did Operation Gadget’s Focus on Home Automation Begin?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn November 2020, a number of things changed in the lives of my family. We bought a house in Bucks County, Pennsylvania that had living spaces on three different levels. Also, the HomePod mini became available from Apple. After watching the HomePod mini announcement, which was part of Apple’s “Hi, Speed” event…
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Eufy Security Cameras: Video Was Not Encrypted as Promised
Reading Time: 2 minutesAppleInsider reported that video from Eufy Security Cameras have not been properly encrypted as promised, when that video is sent to the cloud. Eufy is a brand of Fantasia Trading LLC, better known in the United States by its largest brand name, Anker Innovations. According to the article: Anker has admitted that…
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Sockitbox Makes Indoor Smart Devices Work Outside
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs you add more Home Automation to your home, you inevitably run into a few situations like these. All of which may be remedied with a Sockitbox Weatherproof Connection Box: I was stymied by these problems on a few occasions, but then I discovered what has turned out to be a simple…
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Operation Gadget is an Amazon Associate
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