ikidd@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoHomeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a daywww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1794arrow-down1112 cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1682arrow-down1external-linkHomeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a daywww.newsweek.comikidd@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square186fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up120·10 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-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoYeah, that’s a much simpler explanation. The data any given smart device sends (unless it’s streaming content) should be on the order of a few megabytes per day, if that. All it would need is: outgoing notifications incoming requests update checks
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·10 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-up4·10 months agoReality. https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/your-washing-machine-could-be-sending-37-gb-of-data-a-day
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 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.
Yeah, that’s a much simpler explanation. The data any given smart device sends (unless it’s streaming content) should be on the order of a few megabytes per day, if that. All it would need is:
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.