Mandatory Two-Factor

I don’t think I have shared this before here. I keep a ledger, two columns, pretty simple. Assets and Liabialities. the name of the Ledger is WYZE - PITA. I doubt there’s anyone here that needs me to spell out what PITA stands for. My mom, though I love her dearly is also at times a PITA. Proving I can both love and hate in the same moment.
Most of us recognize the assets of Wyze, but on my list of Liabialities is things like:

  1. Had to purchase WiFi Plugs (not Wyze) so I can remotely restart my cameras because for years, they sometimes (too often) just stop communicating.
  2. Had to buy higher amp power adapters, 'cause those 1 amp just were not enough. Maybe I was wrong, but it surely made a difference regardless of what anyone says.
  3. I have become an unpaid beta tester of firmware that too frequently goes Tango Uniform.
  4. I have become an upaid technical diagnostician of the app and have to explain numerous times to numerous people the same issue again during said sessions, I have to rewind to creation day to convince them that I know what I am talking about when I say, “it ain’t working today, but it was last week and last year”. (I am fibbing here, as I gave up years ago contacting customer support. I only use the brain power and experience of the fellow customers here on the forum.)
  5. I can now add 5 Stars to the Liability column to credit the Two-Factor Authentication being forced on me, temporary punishment or permanent.
    The Liability column is getting heavier and heavier to tote and won’t be much longer before it outweighs the Asset side and I mosey on down the brand replacement aisle at my smart home supermarket.

And I freely admit to being one of those rednecks that will cut off his’en noses to spite his face, both faces.

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