Feature request: iPad app

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

@cgrotal

I really like smarttile UI. but it’s third part app. I’m don’t want to give my home key to someone other than ST.

Thanks for liking SmartTiles, CG!

We definitely understand the concern that arises when you grant 3rd Party apps or services access to Devices on your SmartThings Account. Yet it is a very popular feature… Not only SmartTiles, but the much more popular IFTTT and Amazon Echo/Alexa.

We discuss more in the Topic below. The short answer is that SmartTiles is generally not significantly less secure than SmartThings (and, in some ways is more secure than other web services like IFTTT…), but we know we can’t prove that without an independent audit of our service. Version 6 will have a significantly different backend, even more powerful and granular security, and we appreciate donations to encourage us complete it and then to encourage us to pay for the non-trivial expense of a security audit.

SmartTiles (& "other" External Services) Security

Continuing the discussion from SmartTiles Dashboard 5.4.2 - July 13 (www.SmartTiles.click): Hi John, @625alex may add details in his own words, but I’m providing first-line support while “Version 6” of SmartTiles is under development (no release date announced), so here’s a start to help put this in perspective. Version 5’s source code also open for a while and was reviewed by various Community Members, so they can chip in as well, and, the fundamental OAuth security model utilized is a fundamental piece of the SmartThings Platform. First of all, there’s no value to me replicating the official SmartThings Documentation of the architecture involved (“Web Services SmartApps”). In order for you to fully understand the security model, I must first point to the Documentation and assume th…