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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

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

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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

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

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The owner was puzzled why a clothes washer would need so much data.

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Why would you connect your washing machine to WiFi in the first place? Like legitimate question.
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  Because water is held in cloud storage

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