Samsung is showing ads on some refrigerators that cost over $3,000. The South Korean company has confirmed that these advertisements will be shown as a test run on some "Family Hub" refrigerators that are sold in the US. Users cannot disable them.
@Madeyro@lemmy.dbzer0.com@Sivilian@lemmy.zip
Just a suggestion/idea: a normal washing machine modified with an Arduino/Raspberry Pi/ESP32, wired to some relays (to power alternate current things on/off), sensors, RTC (real-time controller, for timing things) and Wi-Fi module can not only achieve the same smartness of a smart washing machine, but it can also be customized to do anyhow you want from it (e.g. using specific programs automatically if certain types of clothes and/or fabrics went to washing, detecting them through some kind of opencv computer vision), without the risk of the whole thing phoning home (i.e. contacting the manufacturer’s servers against your consent) and/or getting a sudden update where it starts to play ads for new Tide pods with 50% off at the nearest Costco store (because it got your geolocation from your ISP provider).
@Madeyro@lemmy.dbzer0.com @Sivilian@lemmy.zip
Just a suggestion/idea: a normal washing machine modified with an Arduino/Raspberry Pi/ESP32, wired to some relays (to power alternate current things on/off), sensors, RTC (real-time controller, for timing things) and Wi-Fi module can not only achieve the same smartness of a smart washing machine, but it can also be customized to do anyhow you want from it (e.g. using specific programs automatically if certain types of clothes and/or fabrics went to washing, detecting them through some kind of opencv computer vision), without the risk of the whole thing phoning home (i.e. contacting the manufacturer’s servers against your consent) and/or getting a sudden update where it starts to play ads for new Tide pods with 50% off at the nearest Costco store (because it got your geolocation from your ISP provider).