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-square33fedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down164
arrow-up1403arrow-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-square33fedilink
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·8 months agoThis is an old article and iirc this was a reporting issue with their router. The wash machine was not using that much data.
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·8 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-up1·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.
This is an old article and iirc this was a reporting issue with their router. The wash machine was not using that much data.
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.