I bought a kettle with some WiFi features, but never planned to put it on my network as it works without it. Or was supposed to, at least. The thermostat was erratic and it needed a firmware update to fix it, only installable via this WiFi-connection. I set up a temporary VLAN just for the update, and disabled the VLAN right after. Then I took a shower.
I find it odd that one of its core features worked so poorly out of the box. And it’s not like it was a way to trick me into connecting it either, as I first got a replacement part because they didn’t know what the issue was.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I know everyone points out the problems with Nest, Ring, and various talking/listening/spying agents. For me, one of the worst offenders was a garage door motor that came with WiFi capability. Damn thing has the ability to just open up a door on my house on command. There’s no way am I putting that online.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
A door to what is arguably the most valuable item you own.
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
CNC milling machine?
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Well…I mean…if that’s where you keep your CNC milling machine (I would hope), yeah.