bliblaOne does not have freedom if anyone else has power over one
Wouldn’t that be hilarious if an appliance manufacturer started bitcoin mining using decentralized appliances because… They could? They’d never do that though. Only some greedy, lowdown, crappy corporation could do that.
All corporations are greedy and crappy, this is exactly something they would all do
Hence the joke
✨ <- your last three neurons exploding into fireworks.
On the flip side. Power consumption of the device would spike for that model/brand so it’d be found out…
Unless they waited until four months of use and then flipped it on. Not many home users would test the energy usage of thier appliances and no official tests would run for four months.
Actually not a bad idea. Design an ASIC that runs real hot, use that to heat a dryer drum instead of a heating element.
That’s how I used to heat my bedroom in the Athlon XP era.
… because you connected it to the internet. Don’t do it if you don’t want it to happen bud.
Imagine doing it analog like a bum.
I do my bum digitally, thank you very much.
One or two digits?
I prefer the decimal system.
It’s a three knuckler
Of course you do, dude.
TIL I rawdog my laundry.
But getting a notification when the washer is done…or telling the dryer to tumble for 10 more mins so I can come home to a hot blanket…is just soooo nice.
Why is your washing machine using data?
Sending back details of your wash load, e.g. color and materials of your undies to LG headquarters so that their specialized AIs running on 64k core rtz6980s can analyze and optimize the wash cycles and delivery time of the bleach and softener based on training data garnered from millions of similar households for the perfect outcome each time, every time no doubt. These blockchains don’t exactly build themselves, you know.
In theory the laundry machines could analyze the dirt water to contribute to customer models. You might be able to tell what kind of food is eaten, how well it’s being metabolized, etc. /semi-serious
MeldrikIt’s probably being used in a DDOS attack 😅
why does your washing machine need to be connected to the internet??
Apt complex chose these as the ovens.
When you look at wifi signals all you see is a field of LG OVEN LG OVEN LG OVEN LG OVEN
It’s for elderly too so no one has ever even used this superfluous feature.
Like you still have to get up to switch over the laundry what is even the point
If you wanna know why you’d want it connected: notifications for status as well as simple diagnostics, a manual, a self hosted maintenance record, etc etc.
The reason they’re actually connected is for sales metrics.
The PantserI have an all in one washer/dryer from LG. It’s handy to know that the laundry is finished so you can go start another load or if it errored out while you were not in earshot from being unbalanced you can go fix it. Since the all in ones take about 7 hours for a load you need to be ready to swap.
For the oven it was super handy with young kids to know someone turned on the stove. You can also check a cook timer from afar.
SchmooIf I were living in that apartment complex I’m going door to door and disabling the WiFi on every oven.
Sourav SatvayaCleaning data
FedegenerateInternet of things vlan.
With an ad blocker dns
Pihole+firebog is my current solution and everything is behind that. The Echos get bounced by it a tonne.
I thought about building a IOT Vlan but I have one smart TV and one firestick and that’s all it would be for. Then I’d have to manually update the jellyfin so it doesn’t seem quite so pressing.
Why no one is talking about the background
I think because it is part of the meme. The Unabomber’s manifesto railed against technology and how it was detrimental to society.
And last time this was posted I said my LG oven and Washer both have used less than 20megs in the last month. So the guys shit is broken.
SatyrSackWhat do you use to view this data about network activity here?
Not OP, but i’m fairly sure that’s the unifi network application:
Unifi dream machine SE.
If I remember correctly the dude found that it was a display error on their router.
my stove, dish washer, and clothes washer all used 0 bytes over the last 900 days.
NexyWhy a washing machine have internet at all!???
Market research indicates people wish to monitor their laundry cycles remotely, be alerted via notification when a cycle has completed, and schedule remote starting of cycles in exchange for all the data the machine can scrape from their local home network because they don’t understand why that is not desirable or that it is happening because companies bury their declarations of intent within a long legal document with tiny text that users avow to have read by clicking “accept” or “ok”.
Scroll ResponsiblyYour daily reminder that the Unabomber was a not only a murderer but also a sexist, racist, and homophobe. He should not be looked up to.
We can admire aspects of bad people.
Gacey made some great burgers.