minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 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-square158fedilinkarrow-up1717arrow-down130cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1687arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square158fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squarePat_Riotlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down8·10 months agoIf you bought a washing machine that needs Internet access you are a fucking idiot.
minus-squareDeiv@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·10 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-up11·10 months agoBut you are an idiot if you buy one that NEEDS wifi to function.
minus-squareDeiv@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoCan you share a washing machine that only works with wifi?
minus-squareDeiv@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoMost of them don’t have non-wifi variants, at least not that I know of
minus-squarePat_Riotlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI have a Speed Queen washer and dryer. Quality products don’t rely on gimmicks, they do their job.
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.
Can you share a washing machine that only works with wifi?
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
I have a Speed Queen washer and dryer. Quality products don’t rely on gimmicks, they do their job.