CAFE by GE for those who are wondering.

We are renovating our house including all new appliances. I have told my partner to make sure we get non smart appliances. This is why.

Yes I can setup a VLAN for it to be on but that’s not the point.

  • Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone
    33·
    5 days ago

    But they told me I can just not connect it to the internet and it’ll be just like any dumb device.

    Eventually these things will come with modems built in so you can’t even do that.

    • WilfordGrimley@linux.communityEnglish
      29·
      5 days ago

      My APAP machine has a sim card and unless I am careful to not disable airplane mode every time I start it up, it will send all of my health data to company that I have signed no agreement with.

      I explicitly declined to agree to the privacy policy of the company that sold it to me.

      If I find my data in a breach, lawyers will be involved.

      • tempest@lemmy.ca
        5·
        4 days ago

        Hopefully you don’t live in the US where your insurance company can buy that data and use it to deny you coverage or raise your rates.

        They already do it with cars why not CPAP machines.

    • Starbuncle@lemmy.caEnglish
      20·
      5 days ago

      Cars already do that with having their own cell connection that you can’t turn off. It’s dystopian.