ALBAWABA - A man working in tech decided to buy his parents a new coffee machine after their smart one used up one terabyte of data in just ten days.
The man, going by Nomad, shared what had happened on X after checking his parents’ network activity – finding that the machine had used up more traffic than virtually expected from a ‘smart’ coffee machine.
Digging further, he discovered that most of the 1TB of data stayed within the network and was not broadcast over the internet; “This is likely a bug with this unit,” he explained. “It did saturate my AP, that sucked.”
What he meant was that the coffee machine had been slowing down and overwhelming the Wi-Fi by the amount of traffic it generated on the network.
Hey uh, @Keurig - what the hell is a COFFEE MACHINE uploading, let me double check...
ONE FUCKING TERABYTE OF DATA IN 10 DAYS!?!?
Immediately unplugging that. Getting my parents a new coffee machine. https://t.co/tTHMYC7hND
Nomad had briefly considered investigating what exactly was making the machine pull that much data but ultimately decided against it, saying:
“It’s not worth keeping an IOT device connected that has the capability of bugging out and causing saturation like this did,” he said.
“For those wondering why this is on my network, this belongs to my parents. I don’t police what they buy. I just help with their network, but this is a learning experience for them,” he added.
Pshemaf Choiaqo is a digital marketer with a passion for media, style, and presentation.
He enjoys researching unorthodox and nonconventional subjects almost as much as he enjoys writing about them.
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