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Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I dunno, isn't the homeowner an idiot for putting a smart washer on WiFi in the first place? We don't need smart devices, they aren't making our lives better.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    To the average person, putting that much thought and effort into it is for elite hackers only. I know a guy that does cybersecurity and still has smart everything in his house.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Must not actually be good at cybersecurity then.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Or they run everything locally or on a subnet without Internet. It's very possible to have a smart house that doesn't rely on the Internet and does everything locally.

    It takes more work, but it's definitely worth it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    This is exactly it. So many normal people have no awareness or concern of the bad faith in so much of the corporate and tech world. They might have some negative impressions along the lines of “I was talking about X with my friend and the next ad on Facebook was X,” but even in those cases they don’t realize how deep it goes and that the companies don’t need to listen to your microphone.

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