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[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I have a new LG dishwasher, last month it sent a total of 2.7M up 1.2M down. When it’s on it does about 50KB up and 150KB down.

[-] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

What do you think it's sending?

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Status for time remaining, wash cycle, delayed start timers, rinse aid levels, etc. It also logs diagnostic info for the mechanics to help a tech troubleshoot a repair… Info about the heater, motor, temp sensor, etc.

I also see the occasional spike for tiny firmware updates.

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[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Tomorrow is my turn to post about this

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Was it being used as a node in a botnet? Or did it glitch somehow to keep sending over and over again? I can't image that behavior is nominal for that washing machine.

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[-] zewu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

It would be so funny if washing machines were the first to become sentient

[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

"Wash my clothes"

"No..."

[-] kokesh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

My Xerox 6510 pings Google every second. It made it hard to go through my AdGuard Home logs, so no it is banned from DNS.

[-] 800XL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

The only reason I can think of is to be alerted when the thing is done, but our phones have this thing called a timer that can be set to the any amount of time and it'll count down to 0. It will even make noise when the timer gets to 0!

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Sure they have, put down the bong and stop hallucinating. Phones counting, backwards even, and making noises lol sure thing, Cheech.

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