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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)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

If you buy a "smart" washing machine and actually connect it to the internet, you deserve what you get.

[–] Joelk111 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can think of a few smart functionalities of a washer that'd be nice. None of these would be motivation enough to buy one though, unless it was open source, which I'd guess isn't a thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I wouldn't mind getting a notification on my phone ... sometimes I don't hear the little chime or I do but I'm the middle of something and forget.

[–] Joelk111 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Exactly. That's a small benifit to potentially sacrifice your privacy for though, so they're still a hard sell for me.

[–] NegativeInf 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Literally get a vibration sensor and an esp32. Push notifications for a change in sensor value. Hoorah. No one needs to start it from their phone. You physically have to move the shit around anyways.

[–] Joelk111 2 points 11 months ago

That's actually a really good idea. I might do that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The smart people don’t connect these “smart” devices to the network

[–] Misconduct 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't even let my smart TV connect to the internet. Why would I help it fetch ads for me lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That means you don't get any of the benefits of it being a smart TV. Which is fine, but unlike a washing machine there are actually obvious benefits for a smart TV.

[–] AlijahTheMediocre 1 points 11 months ago

Not like there's a choice to not buy a smart TV.

Everything comes internet enabled, runs software that won't receive updates, comes with a shitty phone app, and some sort of subscription service either to enable features or auto buy product.

[–] Misconduct 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah except you can't really find a TV without the "smart" features anymore and I already have an echo cube thingy that does the smart stuff lol. So in my case it's not really a waste to leave it off. My other TV is connected to the internet and I can't even go to the gd settings page without being bombarded with ads it's super dumb