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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 years ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a clear indication of IoT control being taken over by malicious actor to make it a part of botnet.

Any IoT needs to be secured when connected to Internet (and, not intranet).

[–] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What exactly in this article indicates that? I feel you're either mis-reading the article or baselessly fear-mongering here.