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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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[–] CeeBee@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

So that they can call it "smart" and charge more for it.

[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Sad but true.

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Don’t forget they can now get you to download their app to use those smrt features. Load that app…yes, that’s right.

Now that you’ve done that, they have your sweet sweet data.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

A "smart" label makes me assume it i going to do a bunch of shit I don't want it to while failing early because it is overly complex.