Replacing a dishwasher. Most of the mid-range options now come with fucking Wi-Fi. Found a model I liked, no info in manual and support from Samsung was of course, useless since it wasn’t already in the manual and wanted to keep talking about their exciting “smart things” app. gag.

I saw a youtube video of a guy disconnecting wifi cable on a fridge. I’m fine doing that if I have to open up the board but it’ll probably be smaller than the fridge and who knows if it’ll be helpfully labled like the one in the video was. Internet searching showed me there may be oven keypress combinations to turn wi-fi radio on/off. Anyone have anything similar/advice for Samsung appliances, specifically dishwashers?

  • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    Then require one. You’re acting like this is an unavoidable thing. You just simply don’t connect the appliance to the Internet.

    It’s not difficult.

      • @EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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        -53 months ago

        At least in some places, having open wi-fi without KYC is illegal, so the neighbors aren’t going to do this - passwordless is not the default.

        • ddh
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          83 months ago

          I can’t make my neighbours obey the law either

        • AmbiguousProps
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          103 months ago

          It as a protocol does not and has never required a password. Nor have routers ever required it.

            • AmbiguousProps
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              3 months ago

              "Am I wrong?

              No, it is everyone else who is wrong."

              You’re the meme. No router has ever required it. Yes, it’s an option. But how do you think open networks exist? Do you think that magically the router will know it’s in a residence and suddenly require a password?

              How do you explain the 30 million+ open networks on Wigle? https://wigle.net/stats

            • Chozo
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              53 months ago

              From my bedroom, right this moment, there are four unsecured networks I can connect to, which I do not own or control.

              This is not an uncommon scenario.

    • @Taleya@aussie.zone
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      Ok dude.

      Have you ever set up one of these devices? It’s not a case of ‘find my wifi, enter in passkey, connected’ they literally broadcast an unsecured ad hoc network that you connect to and configure from.

      If you never connect it it will sit there blaring an unsecured wifi with access to its core configuration forever