ikidd@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoHomeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a daywww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1806arrow-down1115 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1691arrow-down1external-linkHomeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a daywww.newsweek.comikidd@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square194fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 years 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-up4·2 years agoReality. https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/your-washing-machine-could-be-sending-37-gb-of-data-a-day
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years 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.
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.