they can sell the data. that's what.

all those habits will be used to build a profile used to create a custom marketing ads for you.

Until you're wanted for murder and your fridge habits prove your alibi and you're exonerated.

The more info they have about you, the worse it gets.

And even if the company just uses your right to privacy just to make money through ads. You can be sure they will get hacked by people with even less morals.

They can use all that data to open a bank account on your name and commit tons of tax fraud.

Who do you think they will arrest? That is right, you.

And getting out of that will always cost you tons of time, effort and money. So good luck.

So what?

Well you drink coffee in the morning so it's probable that you go to the bathroom soon after.

Oh your did laundry on Saturday the weekend? I bet your don't do laundry during the week because work. Maybe you won't be home around then...

Opened the fridge door at 6:00 pm and it was open for 2 minutes? I bet the person is hungry. Quick flash their marketing ID with ads for fast food!

Stuff like that is what they use the info for.

If you wear a smart watch that monitors your heartrate. You bet your ass they know when you have sex and when you need more condoms.

I just worry we're not going to have a choice.

The fridge app can use the phone's microphone to find out which compressor frequencies resonate loudly in the room, and avoid them.

When everyone's phones are away, the fridge can pre-cool and make noise, and then go silent when someone is nearby, according to the motion detector.

The smart part isn't the problem.

The internet connection is.

Use smart devices on protocols like Z-Wave or Zigbee, which set up their own separate network. And then prevent the controller from ever reaching the internet so none of the devices can access it. Through things like Mac Blacklisting.

You will still be able to access everything while on your local network.

It doesn't, they want an internet connection so they can track your food usage and then sell your more food, they want your money forever

"We value your privacy - give it to us"

And it barely contained any information, too.

Okay, but here me out. Maybe coffee makers shouldn't have a way to generate data.

It’s also based entirely on a tweet with zero follow-up or explanation as to what happened. People have lied on Twitter in the past, shockingly.

Aren't there reusable inserts?

Home grade router counting can’t be that inaccurate. I just counted mine and found one.

The screenshot they shared showed 10GB down and 1000GB up.

Man discovers his parents’ coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days

its also the worst kind, keurig machine, polluting asf.

HTCPCP: Am I a joke to you?!

It's not user error to use a product as designed. Pointlessly designing products to connect to the Internet is corporate error

From the article:

For those wondering why this is on my network, this belongs to my parents. I don’t police what they buy. I just help with their network, but this is a learning experience for them