minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year 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-square129fedilinkarrow-up1526arrow-down123
arrow-up1503arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down5·1 year agoIf you bought a washing machine that needs Internet access you are a fucking idiot.
minus-squareDeiv@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year 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-up3·1 year agoBut you are an idiot if you buy one that NEEDS wifi to function.
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWhy pay for features you aren’t going to use?
minus-squareDeiv@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMost of them don’t have non-wifi variants, at least not that I know of
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?
Most of them don’t have non-wifi variants, at least not that I know of