Notices by Home Assistant (homeassistant@fosstodon.org)

Actions speak louder than words. Check out today’s stream to see how we’re taking action.

Introducing the @openhomefoundation - a new non-profit we just launched.
🛡️ To fight for the principles of privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart homes.
⚖️ To tilt the balance back towards users and protect against open-source becoming abandonware.
🫱🏻🫲🏽 To collab with critical external projects like Z-Wave JS, WLED, Rhasspy, and Zigbee2MQTT.

Read on about what this means:
https://www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/announcing-the-open-home-foundation/

Are you passionate about user research? Do you want to join a team that is shaping the future of our homes? We're looking for a Senior User Experience Researcher to join our Product and Design team! Take a look:

https://remote.com/jobs/nabu-casa-home-assistant-c1meh63e/senior-ux-researcher-j1jgjd4v

Now it's even easier to use the M5Stack ATOM Echo as a voice assistant: new Echos being sold will have our voice assistant firmware pre-installed!

For over a decade Philips Hue offered lights that work without sharing your data to the cloud. This is changing soon and we need your help to make some noise to convince them to revert this decision.

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/09/22/philips-hue-force-users-upload-data-to-cloud/

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