#My home assistant is supposed to be

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copper owl
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  1. Yes
  2. The VPN is, the HTTP part isn't
  3. What are you actually worried about?
last hornet
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Thank you Tinkerer for your quick answer! #2 When you say that my VPN is encrypted and the HTTP part isn't, is that mean that when I communicate with my local devices there is no encryption but when my HA get information from devices connected to the cloud, the communication is encrypted? #3 What I'm actually wondering is, am I exposed to hackers when my HA is accessing cloud services of my devices? I don't won't my HA to be the weakest point of entry to hack into my computer. Sorry for my lack of understanding, but I was always told that when you connect the computer to the internet you need to have a good antivirus and I don't understand why my HA is considered safe when it's local since it still get information from the web. Thanks again!

copper owl
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  1. Well, no. That means that your connection to HA, other than the VPN part, isn't encrypted. That's completely unrelated to HA communicating with other things
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  1. No