• M500@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Even if that’s the case, it’s a good reason to not connect it. If lg doesn’t secure their device well enough then they should not use it.

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      9 months ago

      Oh I don’t argue about that. I personally try to avoid anything “smart” primarily for privacy concerns.

      I was just curious what the cause was. In another comment someone suggested that the washing machine was eavesdropping which would be consistent with usage was mostly uploading, but I think 5.7GB would be too much data, unless it was uncompressed.