TIL washers now have WiFi connectivity. Inching ever closer to the dystopic cyberpunk era where you really can hack everything in sight.
How I hacked my washing machine
Submitted 2 months ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://nexy.blog/2025/07/27/how-i-hacked-my-washing-machine/
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bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 months ago
SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Only a few more years until I can overclock my couch!
ccdfa@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I overclocked my clock and now I’m never late!
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
You can get smart couches right now.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Cory Doctorow’s ‘Unauthorized Bread’ is about exactly that scenario.
bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That sounds like a great read, thanks for the information
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I saw this when I had to get new machines 7-8 years ago. However they were an extra like $300 for each machine. wtf.
I would kill for some sort of audio out or usb, but even better would be Zigbee/z-wave/thread, and you can do it for less than $20 in parts
SkyNTP@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
If you just want to know when the clothes are dry, there’s an easier way that keeps you in full control: put a ct clamp on the power cord. Doubles as energy monitoring. You can then block that crappy wifi spying system off altogether.
marlowe221@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Personally, I use the very technical method of listening for the buzzer to go off…
I hate that everything has WiFi for no reason…
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I was thinking a vibration sensor connected to home assistant, but that would work too.
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Or just a smart outlet that can track power consumption. Plenty of options that work locally with HA.
But I’d definitely fire up the 3D printer and grab an ESP chip if I was doing this at home.
crank0271@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just listen for the moaning to stop
deathbird@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Cool. Would love to dee this done for all the “Smart” appliances.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Am old, don’t get any of this. 4-5 hour dry times? Did I read that wrong? Mine does a load in 50 minutes, tops. The end of the cycle is fairly easy to figure, since you set the minutes yourself.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 months ago
Every dryer I’ve ever had, you also set the time for it… But it still did whatever the fuck it wanted. Set it to 50 minutes? It takes 2 hours. And none of them have even been modern “smart” devices.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s weird! I’ve had a dozen dryers over the years, all timed exactly as they said.
MIXEDUNIVERS@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
i like it
NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Interesting read, really like their writing style.
I’ve got one coming and really can’t figure out any meaningful benefit to having the WiFi enabled
Mohamad20ZX@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Nox King Knows What’s He’s Doing
9point6@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This makes me incredibly sad.
Who the hell is reading a tinkerer blog and complaining about an elaborate hack?
It’s like going to a book club and complaining the story isn’t boring enough.
I love this kind of explosive reverse engineering bodge job stuff the best of any kind of engineering tbh
buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 2 months ago
I was bracing myself for some level of absurdity after this disclaimer.
Instead it seemed to be pretty reasonably complicated. They didn’t flash some custom firmware or even mess with the hardware at all.
Sure, it is complicated, but in terms of hacks it seems to be par for the course.
DeviantOvary@reddthat.com 2 months ago
I’ve seen a comment complaining about too much oil on the recipe for… chilli crisp oil. Idiots are everywhere.