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Govee Smart Lights

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My wife bought some Govee Smart LED string lights. We have VLANs setup in our house to isolate IoT devices and setup the new lights on that WiFi. But when we use the app to control them it requires an account and precise and “while using app” location data. The app does not work at all without enabling permissions for location.

Am I being paranoid? This wasn’t an initial setup thing the app is unusable without location enabled.

She really wants smart LED lights for outside the house. Is there an option anyone knows of that might be a bit more privacy oriented?

Thanks.

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FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org
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I’ve used govee stuff before and it absolutely did NOT require an account. Just the app. Are you sure you have that right?

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The lights we have definitely require the app and an account to get them to do anything other than solid white.

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