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

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[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 48 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Fair point, I didn't think of that. Any IoT device gets put in the "naughty" vlan and 99% of their outgoing requests goes straight to /Dev/null

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 23 points 10 months ago

I do the same thing. All they're allowed to talk to is Home Assistant except for when I allow internet access to update firmware.

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I need to set up my VLANs 🥺

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Its saved my skin once when my retard cousin connected his malware infected laptop to my "I domt control this device" network. Only other thing on the network was my work laptop that has a ton of security on it. More than I even have on my stuff. So it lit up like a Christmas tree and commited suicide. Get a ping from my boss asking what the fuck I downloaded lmao.

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 1 points 10 months ago

You're making me wanna cry. I need this in my life!