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Yeah, that’s a much simpler explanation. The data any given smart device sends (unless it’s streaming content) should be on the order of a few megabytes per day, if that. All it would need is:
Depends on what it’s sending. Something like a washing machine would only need a few dozen kb/day, but something like a temperature sensor could send MBs, depending on update freq.
Regardless, I want to fully control any smart device in my home, which is why I tend to not buy smart stuff.
This is an old article and iirc this was a reporting issue with their router. The wash machine was not using that much data.
Yeah, that’s a much simpler explanation. The data any given smart device sends (unless it’s streaming content) should be on the order of a few megabytes per day, if that. All it would need is:
A few million bytes per day is still egregious.
Depends on what it’s sending. Something like a washing machine would only need a few dozen kb/day, but something like a temperature sensor could send MBs, depending on update freq.
Regardless, I want to fully control any smart device in my home, which is why I tend to not buy smart stuff.
Who’s to say it isn’t acting as a gateway for other smart devices that aren’t connected to the Internet? Or part of a bot net?
Reality.
https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/your-washing-machine-could-be-sending-37-gb-of-data-a-day
Note the language could be.