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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by cmsonger on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:47AM (#30148427)
> on a VLAN with other white goods, outbound connections to certain domains only

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That probably says what needs to be said about smart appliances. There's a reason that's the right choice. This same reason is the reason smart appliances are a bad idea.

Am curious: When the washer is past security updates, are you going to leave it on the VLAN? Would you do that if the washer had a camera or microphone?

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by buro9 on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:52AM (#30148487)
> Am curious: When the washer is past security updates, are you going to leave it on the VLAN? Would you do that if the washer had a camera or microphone?

TBH I figure that this is roughly the point when the Wi-Fi chipsets can't connect to whatever the standard is at that moment in time.

The only really useful Wi-Fi feature of the white goods in my house would be within the hob and the extractor hood. These communicate over Wi-Fi so that the extraction is automatically turned on at the appropriate speed for however the hob is being used, and turned off 30 seconds after the hob stops being used.

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