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#homehack — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Your #washingmachine could be sending 3.7GB of data/day
    #LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from #WiFi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic History of hackers taking over LG smart appliances. #SmartThinQ #HomeHack #vulnerability was patched weeks after being made public. A similar modern hack might use washing machine’s esources as part of a #botnet or for #cryptocurrency mining. Large numbers of low-power devices can be formidable. tomshardware.com/networking/yo #privacy