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Re:Teen's tweets from her smart fridge go viral after mother... by hedora on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @11:11AM (#20696354)
I kinda doubt LG would pay for this publicity (unless they actually think a twitter client on a fridge that serves no purpose other than being non-confiscatable is a selling point to parents).

Maybe a competitor did it?

Also, the mom says she’ll be disabling accounts in one of the tweets. Maybe Dorthy’s original account was recently closed.

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Re:Teen's tweets from her smart fridge go viral after mother... by brokenmachine on Friday August 16, 2019 @12:57AM (#20712302)
Why would you doubt that? Of course they would. And we're talking about it.

They've been trying to shovel their stupid smart fridges forever. Lots of people probably don't know they exist, and after this astroturfing, now they do.

I can't think of a place that I want internet less than standing in the kitchen.

I bet it has a camera/mic, and sells my fridge usage data to the highest bidder also. And to top it all off, it's just another attackable device when it stops getting updates in a couple of years.

https://twitter.com/internetofshit?lang=en

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