[image] Yongfeng_Zhang: Hi, since I see a lot of people being not clear about how the device works, I’d like to briefly explain it here. The device takes a picture and does the other measurements about every 5 minutes. It then uploads the image along with the data to our server. It will stop up…

Cannot wait to get my hands on this weather beast. Your device type looks really good! Thank you…

Hello, can someone explain at a high level why there is a wifi security concern with the bloom sky? The bloom sky connects with a wifi password correct? So whether my router is talking to a device in my house or the bloom sky in the yard what is the difference? Thanks

I am pretty sure that at least one of the concerns is that the weather station itself is a device that talks to, and potentially takes orders from the BloomSky mothership organization, without the network owner’s oversight or awareness.

Hmmm that is a good point. I will think on that. Well, on the one hand I have no control over software in the bloom sky, unlike say my laptop. But on the other hand many of us have other devices that we also do not have control over, aside from things like Tivo, Roku… How about the smart things h…

Nice, I too was approved yesterday. Looking forward to playing with this some more.

The only problem with that idea is your modem. I think the ISP usually has a certain level of access to it; especially if it is an ISP-provided one. As with anything, there are levels of concern for different things. Sometimes, it’s more hassle than it is worth to act on our privacy concerns. Somet…

yes my ISP can access the modem but I dont use their firewall to protect anything. Think of it like this Internet /their modem(DMZ zone) /My DMZ router (Smartthings, Bloomsky, etc) /My network router. It kinda of keeps them off my stuff :slightly_smiling:

I would like to implement this in my environment. Does your modem have a built-in WiFi AP, and that’s how you’re on their DMZ, or do you just have two WiFi routers connected to the modem’s LAN port? (I know I’m probably just missing something). I have plenty of extra routers sitting around that I c…

yes it does have its own but I dont even use it. I tripple firewall. theirs then my lower router for my DMZ then another router plugged into that one that protects my network . Bloomsky and ST are between my lower and my upper Modem/cable company router wifi…My Upper router…ST Bloomsky…My lower …

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keltymd (Matt) February 12, 2016, 2:47pm 332

I have my Smartthings hub isolated as well. I recommend anything that takes orders from someone other than me be done that way.

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