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What the fuck are they recording that it would need to not only collect but transmit that much data? Why does a washer need wifi at all? Eventually you probably wont be able to buy so much as a toaster without it -requiring- an internet connection to work. The future is stupid.

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From the post: "An LG washing machine owner and self-confessed fintech geek has asked the Twitterverse why his smart home appliance ate an average of 3.66GB of data daily. Concerned about the washer’s internet addiction, Johnie forced the device to go cold turkey and block the device using his router UI. Had the LG washer been hacked, hijacked, or otherwise tampered with over the net – or was this average data consumption for a smart appliance like this?"

What the fuck are they recording that it would need to not only collect but transmit that much data? Why does a washer need wifi at all? Eventually you probably wont be able to buy so much as a toaster without it -requiring- an internet connection to work. The future is stupid. Archive: https://archive.today/Y3FxJ From the post: "An LG washing machine owner and self-confessed fintech geek has asked the Twitterverse why his smart home appliance ate an average of 3.66GB of data daily. Concerned about the washer’s internet addiction, Johnie forced the device to go cold turkey and block the device using his router UI. Had the LG washer been hacked, hijacked, or otherwise tampered with over the net – or was this average data consumption for a smart appliance like this?"

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[–] • 3 pts

Why does a washer need wifi at all?

Indeed. Why do we need smart appliances of any kind? People still tell me we are running out of IPv4 addresses (public IPv4, yes) so we need IPv6 on private networks, to which I say, "Why does your carpet need an internet connection, for each tuft? Or the studs in your walls? Who has a home network with millions of devices?"

Might as well need a subscription to LG approved laundry detergent to do your laundry...

[–] • 0 pt

Now that's a good point. How long until they make "pods" like they do for coffee and DRM them? Now you can only use brand approved pods and you have to buy them on subscription directly from the company.

[–] • 2 pts

It's not going to update its firmware 1000x daily without some data allowance.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

I swear this happened years ago in Australia (where there are data caps on home Internet) and I could never find the article. This article looks recent though, so this happened again?

[–] • 2 pts

these appliances more typically use less than 1MB per day.

A washer has a need to upload about 0 bytes per day. Give or take a a byte.

Seriously, you can not buy any device today that doesn't connect to your router. I never enable any smart functions.

Speaking of which, I started adding baned IP addresses to my router because of Microsoft's telemetrics. The problem I have is my router only has room to ban 32 addresses. I'd prefer to be able to add tens of thousands of IP addresses. Maybe I should use Pi-Hole. This basically does the same thing. I'm going to set this up this weekend. I have a spare Pi-5 this would be perfect for.

[–] • 1 pt

I've been using pihole for years. Its a step in the right direction.

[–] • 0 pt

'As a self confessed fintech geek' did this fintech geek even bother to check the LG device manual/ website for the fine print to see exactly what data the device is collecting/ collating and sending ??

[–] • 0 pt

its a bit coin miner most likely