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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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[–] Ghostalmedia 1 points 11 months ago

If you worried about data leaving the house, just don’t connect the thing to the internet. Remote notifications and remote diagnostics for these LG appliances require access to the internet.

If you want to keep that stuff local, just don’t set it up. The dishwasher will beep when it is done and display error codes when something is busted. Putting it on a closed LAN won’t do anything for the appliance.