Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

Re:Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too ... by reaperducer on Friday September 10, 2021 @09:54AM (#28481596)

She said that if I disabled it, insurance would refuse coverage.

This is true.

That's how i found out that one of my medical devices has s cellular modem: I got a letter from the DME company saying that if i didn't use it more hours, my insurance would refuse to cover it and I'd have to pay the balance.

Where i lived, i had terrible cellular service, so i had to get an exemption from the insurance company and make sure to bring the SD card to my doctor quarterly to ensure the insurance company would continue to pay for it.

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Re:Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too ... by dylan604 on Friday September 10, 2021 @10:50AM (#28482355)

Have you looked at the data on the SD card? Can it be manipulated in any way as to show that it is being used even if not?

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Re:Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too ... by caymanjim on Friday September 10, 2021 @10:57AM (#28482470)

I've looked at it. It's not human-friendly, but it's not secured in any way. It would be trivial for anyone with basic programming chops to modify it.

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Re:Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too ... by reaperducer on Friday September 10, 2021 @11:55AM (#28483312)

Yes. There are programs that will open the files and display the data. Some even make charts. But it was all pretty boring stuff.

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