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mrfriki ,

Gotta transfer all your dirt.

werefreeatlast ,

My drier and whole house heater mines crypto while it's heating lol. That was my dream.

But now I got this washer instead. It comes with default chacka chacka and spin slowly and black hole modes. I think I'm gonna get the new wacka wacka washing mode and the one where you can play music through the motor.

That's a big load! I hope I got enough ram!

servobobo ,

Botnet node? 3GB sounds excessive even for a company that's notoriously invasive.

Blackmist ,

I'm sure this got posted before and the most likely reason was that it was downloading some sort of update and failing to apply it repeatedly.

racemaniac ,

As someone else already posted, the 3GB was incorrect, it was a router reporting incorrect traffic.

But that doesn't seem to stop everyone here from continuing to post how the thing that didn't happen in the first place is ridiculous...

mectag ,

When your washing machine tries to download Baldurs Gate 3 because it’s bored too

MonkderDritte ,

😏

wahming ,

This nonsense keeps getting reposted, when it was discovered previously it was a router reporting error

SanndyTheManndy ,

Laundering Bitcoins

Etterra ,

Now the Chinese government knows exactly how many socks have gone missing, but no it won't tell you where they all went.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8aLwMHgmJ0

bluewing ,

They can't because even they have no clue where those socks went. The inter-dimensional portal is very well hidden.

nucleative ,

Solution in search of a problem.

I guess a mobile alert that lets you know the cycle is finished could be handy? Ability to schedule a load to start later? Maybe a maintenance or problem alert? Depleted detergent and fabric softener reservoir?

Possibly an energy usage chart for the nerds out there who like that kind of thing?

But damn, all of that shouldn't need more than a few kb a day max.

Halcyon , (edited )
@Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

For most of these events an internet connection isn't necessary at all.

My machine shows the time that is needed for the program when I start it. I know when it will be finished right from the beginning. There's no surprise, no message necessary. If I tend to forget the time, then I can set a reminder in my smartphone.

I can program the machine while I load it to start the washing later. Why load the machine but then program it from a distance? Makes no sense.

Detergent is filled in before each washing cycle. There's nothing to be depleted.

A maintenance or problem alert would be the only thing that could be worth a message function. But: My machine works without problems for 15 years now. So: what should it be messaging me? We can really live better without these useless electronics that only push up the price and the distraction.

melpomenesclevage ,

Seriously; wasnt there a chip shortage?

nucleative ,

Yeah, I was reaching for really extreme cases. Maybe an IOT wash machine with a smooth app is easier to program than a machine with a control panel itself.

Who knows, the tech could hypothetically be useful.

Any why don't we have reservoirs with measured doses of detergent anyways? That would be kinda rad.

AA5B ,

I always thought a simple analog speaker output could solve most of those. Let us string a wire to a remote speaker nearer to where we’re likely to be

bbuez ,

If you think the useless appliances are bad, just take a look at more critical connected devices.

I needed some POE security cameras, found some foscam ones on the cheap. Plug them up, go to IP, "install our app"... was pleased to find it allowed a local account without the need for an email, but found that half of my network traffic was comprised of requests to their "ivyIOT AI detection". I didnt measure what data was going through before sectioning them behind a firewall zone.

My fault for not having looked further into other brands, they were still a bargain and work without issue with my setup, but annoying

A_Random_Idiot ,
@A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world avatar

Homeowner should be baffled at why he was

  1. Stupid enough to waste money on a fucking internet connected washing machine
  2. Stupid enough to connect it to the fucking internet
  3. Stupid enough to be surprised at it doing shady shit.
Hootz ,

I find the idea of "downloading new wash programs" to be absurd.

postmateDumbass ,

Main Menu:

  1. Wash laundry

  2. Mine crypto

  3. Launder crypto

RagingRobot ,

How long have washing machines been a thing? You would think they would have them all figured out by now

melpomenesclevage ,

Lost technology. Like curbs and televisions.

kratoz29 ,

Data laundry.

nfsu2 ,
@nfsu2@feddit.cl avatar

Man that laundry must be heavy

mangaskahn ,

There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

BaardFigur ,

Was it a bug?

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