/challenges-projects/design-challenges/forget-me-not/b/blog/posts/forget-me-not---7---reliability-and-security-in-home-automationThanks to Pekka Jäppinen for comments on the text. BackgroundMy initial inspiration for getting into home automation was the fact that my dad started to build a house to “the middle of nowhere”. He currently works about 800 kilometers from the h...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/forget-me-not/b/blog/posts/forget-me-not---7---reliability-and-security-in-home-automationThu, 23 Oct 2014 06:52:50 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d033498f-7b27-4645-8d1d-72ddaa5a2a34mcb10<p>Nice post.</p><p>I like your understanding of &#39;fail to safe&#39;, and considering the options for lost control.</p><p>Too many systems seems to ignore that, and run on &#39;Hope and Luck&#39;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Security is one of my concerns, and Frederick did some work on some methods.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I noted that OpenHAB had the feature, but didn&#39;t have the time to explore it before the deadline.</p><p>I&#39;m sure over the next weeks or months, that many of the projects will be added to, completed or even redone based on techniques detailed in the Challenge.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#39;ve already had interest at work from someone when it was mentioned in passing.</p><p>He&#39;s asking for information, so there may be others who decide to investigate using it for their projects.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>mark</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=18961&AppID=100&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">