minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoYour 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 trafficwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1642arrow-down126cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1616arrow-down1external-linkYour 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 trafficwww.tomshardware.comminnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square145fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down8·9 months agoIf you bought a washing machine that needs Internet access you are a fucking idiot.
minus-squareDeiv@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·9 months agoThey don’t need wifi, so no, you’re not an idiot if you buy one and just leave it disconnected
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoBut you are an idiot if you buy one that NEEDS wifi to function.
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoWhy pay for features you aren’t going to use?
If you bought a washing machine that needs Internet access you are a fucking idiot.
They don’t need wifi, so no, you’re not an idiot if you buy one and just leave it disconnected
But you are an idiot if you buy one that NEEDS wifi to function.
Why pay for features you aren’t going to use?