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-square43fedilinkarrow-up1514arrow-down178
arrow-up1436arrow-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-square43fedilink
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·2 years 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-down2·2 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.
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.