“Someone hacked my washing machine” is not the cyberpunk future we wanted.
Why is you washing machine connected to anything to begin with? If you do not want that, you do not enable it.
The only possible reason for an Internet connected washing machine is to provide alerts when it is done or when it has failed.
And honestly, if you need an alert on your phone to tell you when your washing machine has finished, you probably need to be more aware of your surroundings and learn how to prioritise tasks.
The only possible reason for an Internet connected washing machine is to provide alerts when it is done or when it has failed.
Mine just beep loudly when that happens, no internet needed.
Yeah, it beeps loudly. Once.
I love the notification on my phone that the wash is done. If I had to leave the house while something was in the wash I can leave the notification until I get home. Even if I’m busy working and want to deal with it later it’s a great reminder. I was awful for leaving clothes in the wash for hours and sometimes overnight before I got a wifi connected washer and dryer.
you probably need to be more aware of your surroundings and learn how to prioritise tasks.
To be fair there’s a non-negligible percentage of the population who have neuro-divergencies making that a tall order. For example, apparently it could be as high as 1 in 10 people have some form of ADHD.
I’m not sure I’ve got anything actually clinically wrong with me, but I’ve got the memory of a sieve and a tendency to lose track of time. So I can definitely see the benefit there, and imagine it might be even more of a game changer for people actually with those conditions
Like most of the Neurodivergant individuals my age, I was never diagnosed.
For this reason, I was very lucky and fortunate that my older brother and peer group kept an eye out and kept reminding me to pay attention to my surroundings.
Nowadays, I use my learned skill of hyper awareness of my surroundings, combined with my innate over-analysis of problems to anticipate problems before they develop.
Neurodivergence is a gift, allowing you to see things that neuro-normative people don’t, as well as a curse. If you overcome the curse through discipline and training, as well as support of those around you, you will end up as better person.
If you keep saying “I’m on the spectrum so I don’t have to adhere to social norms”, you will only ever be neurodivergent.
Then work against you faults to make yourself better.
That’s not an excuse. It’s going to be harder for you then for some - tough cookie.
If someone had tendency to, IDK, cut themselves, the attitude shouldn’t be “oh so sad” but helping them to change.
Two reasons I use it:
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Washing machine is not in my home, I walk through my garden to get to it. I’m lazy so I want to know when it’s finished before I get disappointed. Either via mobile or tv.
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I can turn it on when my solar panels are at their highest output. Which is very handy when I’m at work for example. I just load it up and when it’s good to go I turn it on.
So, data like this is very bad. But I do see a use in the internet connection
I could see this maybe being useful… but for the Gods please just make it a local network thing, you shouldn’t need this when you aren’t home. If for any reason I need my fucking washing machine outside my local net, it’ll be open source (or just custom made) and forwarded via tunneling to my domain that costs me a grand total of $4 a year.
A friend has a washing machine where you can put all your stuff in, schedule it to finish at [time you’re back from work] so you can immediately hang it up to dry. That ones wifi connected.
Maybe that also works without Internet but I’ve only seen that feature on those connected to the Internet.
My 10 year old machine can do that. No need for internet. Just set an end time. I would think basically every washing machine could do that unless you get the cheapest model around?
My washer and dryer have a whole host of features and settings locked behind connecting it to the internet. I haven’t connected it and won’t but I could see how those settings could be useful for big families, people with sensory needs (my cousin is autistic and has a autoimmune disorder, and his clothes have to have the right amount of softness, scent, and cleanliness.) it took his mom years to find the perfect amount of chemicals, wash time, and dry time to get his clothing right for him to wear without hurting him. I showed her the options on my units and they totally would make her life easier.
I wish those features weren’t packed with ads, had no potential to brick the appliances, and weren’t capturing data but for those that don’t care. Ya totally use them.
It’s streaming the wash cycle. Please don’t block it, I watch that.
Op from Jan:
https://x.com/Johnie/status/1744556503183585471
Most common theory is it was actually the guys asus router misreporting the data usage.
My guess is that it is used bu LG to be part of a P2P net for LG content and firmware delivery for other LG products, especially TVs and phones
