interesting that the crux of the Nix dispute was about how he wanted to self-modify the HA after install, and the crux of the current dispute is how HA should be able to scan your secrets and upload truncated hashes

It's not a good look taken together

Was thinking of setting my own assistant using Home Assistant to replace the Google Home device I got rid of. Looks like I should slow down and take a closer look at this.

As someone whose smart home need is minimal -- I just use it to turn on/off lights with voice -- I'd rather have nothing than support such behavior.

Dude that is

a) five years ago

b) nothing to be ashamed of, honestly

c) dumb drama

This is bad faith. You could reference it in good faith as context, but that is not what you are doing.

Hah, his profile sure has a lot of bullshit about being human and positivity...