podkaynelives, 4 months ago

@georgetakei I don't like my appliances to be smarter than me, which can be a problem 😆

ZILtoid1991, 4 months ago

@georgetakei Could be a case of someone figuring out how to hack them in order to run them as part of botnetwors for DDOS attacks.

No antivirus, no one finds out what you're doing.

stevenray, 4 months ago

@georgetakei nice one 😁

Luna, 4 months ago

@georgetakei Seems buying a good non smart Roper or Whirlpool washer instead would be a smart move.

ZILtoid1991, 4 months ago

@Luna @georgetakei
Or just don't use the smart functions. I have an LG washer, and I didn't find the ability of remote start and program download needed.

riedlr, 4 months ago

@georgetakei thars GOLD in them thar washing machines!

i_gvf, 4 months ago

@georgetakei Why does a washing machine need to be accessing the Internet?

On WiFi to see status would be nice. No need to leave the LAN.

gooba42, 4 months ago

@i_gvf @georgetakei The best theory going is that this is continual fail-and-retry of a firmware update.

I don't know why this would be a thing necessarily, infinite retry is dumb and if it's washing clothes successfully without self-destructing then I can't think of any critical update it would need.