Chamberlain group, a company that makes garage door openers, had created the myq hubs so that virtually any garage door opener could be controlled with home automation software from apple, google. An anonymous reader quotes a report from the new york times Garage door hacker paul wieland creates ratgdo device to bypass myq subscriptions and restore local control to smart home automations.
By 2022, he had developed a prototype, which he named ratgdo, for rage against the garage door opener. Why one man is fighting for our right to control our garage door openers Why one man is fighting for our right to control our garage door openers published 04 dec 2025
But the options available, including a product called myq, required connecting to a company’s internet servers.