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1. css+S5[view] [source] 2023-10-13 19:33:02
>>andyly+(OP)
If anyone wants to see what the integration used to do: https://web.archive.org/web/20230728021205/https://www.home-...
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2. jabron+Ia[view] [source] 2023-10-13 19:57:59
>>css+S5
It looks like the library could remotely start the car. I wonder if they'd care if it couldn't.

I think that's actually not something that would be wise to hook up to an automation platform. A car running in the garage can kill, and 'a human chose to press this button' is an important interlock. After all, you have to swipe your way in to the official app, and to use a key fob you need to hold the button for several seconds.

'How dare Mazda permit this' is a real lawsuit that will happen. Automakers also got sued because pushbutton start is confusing and people would leave the car running after use. There is an active lawsuit right now about push-button gear selectors making it too hard to put the vehicle in park, allowing unexpected rollaways.

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3. gonzal+kf[view] [source] 2023-10-13 20:21:36
>>jabron+Ia
I have my car (Subaru) hooked to an automation with home assistant. Several, actually. I can start the car in winter by pushing a button in my kitchen, heat it up, and then walk there. But the most important one is that I can turn the car off remotely as well, based on timers and automations. I generally don’t buy the ‘we should not allow this or that because it can be dangerous’. I’m a big boy. Driving is even more dangerous always. Let me choose. Please.
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4. jabron+pi[view] [source] 2023-10-13 20:38:26
>>gonzal+kf
Here's a really fun one from yesterday's 'midwit' thread:

> I have somehow automated some lights to come on too early in the morning but the specific task/automation I set to do this is nowhere to be found.. I can create and remove new tasks but I'm being haunted by this old task.

Do you have an attached garage? How about if it gets turned on with the door closed at 4am after a daylight savings changeover gone horribly wrong. I enjoy my home assistant but I wouldn't let it control something that can gas me. I've seen way too much weird shit in my iot network to ever trust it with that.

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