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Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 8 months ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 14 points 8 months ago

Hooray for IoT! The worst thing to happen to network security since... ever

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 26 points 8 months ago

The S in IoT stands for security.

[-] bhez@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

There is no S.

[-] ZJBlank@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

That’s the joke

this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2024

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