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minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 年前

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

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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

minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 年前
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The owner was puzzled why a clothes washer would need so much data.
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    Hooray for IoT! The worst thing to happen to network security since… ever

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      The S in IoT stands for security.

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        There is no S.

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          That’s the joke

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