Help, everything gone!

[JDRoberts]

I’m pretty sure the only way they could’ve killed everything on your smart things account would be through smartthings account functions, like deleting the location. It wouldn’t be enough to just get a virus on the network or something like that.

So that’s just something to be aware of as you look for future preventive measures. In particular, you want to look at whether they have access to your smartthings account itself.

Are you using the presence sensor feature Of the smartthings mobile app on the kids’ phones? If so, you might want to switch to life 360 or IFTTT presence for them so they don’t have to have the smartthings mobile app for presence.

FAQ: The Many Ways of Detecting Presence (2020)

Presence, regardless of the device you use, is one of those features that works great for some people, not at all for other people, and is randomly flaky for still others. It’s very much affected by local conditions. So some people will find that phone presence works much better than the SmartThings-branded presence sensor. Other people will find the reverse. Still other people, myself included, find that they have to use a combination of two devices in order to get reliable presence indication. So if this feature tends to work differently for different people, where do you start? 1. Using a Smart Phone as a Presence Indicator [image] Well, since most people who have SmartThings have a smart phone, it’s worth starting there. This method has changed significantly in the change fro…