For me it's more about security. If I have a an appliance tied to the internet m...

hpen 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed

For me it's more about security. If I have a an appliance tied to the internet my entire network is susceptible. With an app, and bluetooth, I could just send data between the appliance and the iPhone, and then use the iPhone connection to the network to send data to the server (if needed / wanted but probably not for this application).