return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoSome Google Home Speakers downloading massive amounts of data in the background9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1506arrow-down13
arrow-up1503arrow-down1external-linkSome Google Home Speakers downloading massive amounts of data in the background9to5google.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squarePotato Lover 💾 No brain found@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·4 days agoBugs happen. Here’s an LG coffee maker uploading 1TB in 10 days: https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/it-pro-says-his-parents-keurig-smart-coffee-maker-sent-1tb-of-data-over-their-wi-fi-in-10-days-it-saturated-an-access-point-on-its-own-but-he-says-most-of-the-traffic-never-left-the-home-network
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·4 days agoNot a bug, lol.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoAll coverage of that incident says it was mostly LAN traffic. It was a bug in the network stack.
Bugs happen. Here’s an LG coffee maker uploading 1TB in 10 days: https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/it-pro-says-his-parents-keurig-smart-coffee-maker-sent-1tb-of-data-over-their-wi-fi-in-10-days-it-saturated-an-access-point-on-its-own-but-he-says-most-of-the-traffic-never-left-the-home-network
Not a bug, lol.
All coverage of that incident says it was mostly LAN traffic. It was a bug in the network stack.