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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by matt_s on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:19AM (#30148119)
You missed one of the Bad:

* Potential for wifi chipsets to collect other data from your network and send to anywhere.

If you are going to do IoT or have wifi enabled appliances, setup a separate network for them to operate on. I find it easier to just not have them, so far.

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by slantyyz on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:48AM (#30148429)
Also, since dishwashers are "supposed to" last 10 years or more, they may force you to keep an older version of Wifi available on your network (e.g., 2.4ghz n) when all of your other devices may be on the latest version.
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