I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge

Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by ratg13 on Monday May 30, 2022 @03:42AM (#31556449)

I don't think GDPR is as relevant here either, but installing a transmitter in a car that you can't turn off would be irradiating someone against their will.

France doesn't even have WiFi in schools for this reason. Hard to imagine they would allow something like this in a vehicle.

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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by 369548684892826 on Monday May 30, 2022 @04:00AM (#31556558)

Irradiation is usually taken to mean ionizing radiation, which isn't what anyone would transmit from a car.

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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by izacus on Monday May 30, 2022 @09:32AM (#31558767)

Vehicles have built-in hotspots and LTE modems in Europe for years now. Pretty much any german luxury brand car these days will come with builtin LTE modem for navigation traffic and other similar systems.

Also, use of your home internet modem to transmit a ISP-only open wifi is also legal according to many EU laws.

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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by c_o_n_v_e_x on Monday May 30, 2022 @06:34AM (#31557505)

At a minimum, the transmitter would need to comply with RF exposure limits.

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