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Why in the world would one connect a microwave to the Internet in the first point?! (I guess that's the way they received the wrong update...)
by ale42 5y ago
Why in the world would one connect a microwave to the Internet in the first point?! (I guess that's the way they received the wrong update...)
- sofixa 5y agoWell for security updates of course! As to why it needs security updates, it's because it's connected(able) to the internet.
- ben_w 5y ago"The kitchen of the future will only employ one man and one dog: the man’s job is to feed the dog, the dog’s job is to bite the man if he tries to touch anything”.
- martopix 5y agoWhy do you need the man to feed the dog, you can have a timed dog food distributor.
- ale42 5y agoI see... to prevent an army of zombie ovens coordinating to DDoS some service or web site...
- sofixa 5y agoIt's not like this hasn't already happened - the Mirai botnet was just that, Internet of Shit appliances.
- akomtu 5y agoSo your oven needs updates because it's connected to the internet. It needs internet so manufacrurers could sell your data to data brokers. Those data brokers need your data to sell it to advertisers. And advertisers need it to sell you personalized ads. Users need ads to convince themselves that they need cheap junk, like those wifi-equipped microwave ovens. And those ovens need updates because... Such is the cycle of misery that's called "advertising industry".
- dec0dedab0de 5y agoi could see having something in there ready to go, and waiting until the meat hits a certain temperature to turn it on. If the microwave and the thermometer can both make it to the same service that could be automated. Since so few people run on premiss home automation that would require internet access. It is way easier to connect to a phone if the device and app just know to connect to a spot on the internet. port forwarding and whatnot are a pain for some people. That said I suppose the real reason is the company is collecting marketing data.
- sp332 5y agoTo preheat before you get home, or to make sure the oven is off after you've left. https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00049148/ https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00049148/ With AEG's app, you can find a recipe and the app will automatically set the temperature and cooking time for you.
- HarryHirsch 5y agoWe had analog timers 50 years ago, so that the Sunday roast would be ready when you came home from church. This crap is unneeded, unnecessary complexity. To hell with it.
- freemint 5y agoDo you always know when you come home? Can you excuse yourself with i have to leave this meeting now or my house burns down in your job?
- HarryHirsch 5y agoThe thing would turn on and then turn off. And no one would detain you after Mass.
- denton-scratch 5y agoHmmm, I've never considered pre-heating a microwave; I thought it wasn't necessary, because the food would be heated using - um - microwaves. I must have been missing a trick.
- sp332 5y agoYes this is a "combi microwave". It is also an oven.
- squidbot 5y agoMine connects, specifically to allow Alexa voice control. It actually comes in handy once and a while (or should I say, handless...) The one appliance I have that has internet capability that I don't understand is my dishwasher. It has the ability to be remote started. I can't think of a single use case for this, since you need to load soap to use it, and it has a delay feature. It's a great dishwasher, and I bought it in spite of the silly internet option, which I've never enabled.
- beeboop 5y agoThis sounds like an awful idea. you'll have a kid somewhere mimic their parents, throw their plastic fruit in the oven, and tell alexa to cook it (starting a fire)