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Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 5gruel 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't know. My washing machine beeps three times in increasing intervals, so it isn't that intrusive. The display shows me unique error codes that I can look up when someone happens. And I can set the machine to finish in a set amount of hours, so it will start just in time to be done when I'm back. All without WiFi

[–] ripcord 1 points 11 months ago

Mine is in part of the house that I'm very likely to hear it when in most.of the rest of the house.

But I agree in general, and I wouldn't use it. And I have way more home automation stuff set up (and a dedicated non-infernet-connected network for it) than most people.