ikidd@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoHomeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a daywww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up1807arrow-down1115
arrow-up1692arrow-down1external-linkHomeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a daywww.newsweek.comikidd@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square197fedilink
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·8 months agoWho’s to say it isn’t acting as a gateway for other smart devices that aren’t connected to the Internet? Or part of a bot net?
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoReality. https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/your-washing-machine-could-be-sending-37-gb-of-data-a-day
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months ago Another relatively innocent reason for the supposed high volume of uploads could be an error in the Asus router firmware. Note the language could be.
Who’s to say it isn’t acting as a gateway for other smart devices that aren’t connected to the Internet? Or part of a bot net?
Reality.
https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/your-washing-machine-could-be-sending-37-gb-of-data-a-day
Note the language could be.