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Ive noticed an increase in white goods appearing in my network-managers SSID list.

I currently have a Samsung fridge/freezer and a delonghi espresso machine in the list in nmcli dev wifi.

My friend has recently moved and bought a new Samsung fridge/freezer for her new home.

I did a quick wifi scan on my phone and there it was. The new samsung fridge/freezer waiting to be connected to the internet via the app you have to download.

It works fine without connecting to the internet.

I told her not to install the app or connect it. So she hasn't.

Maybe in the future, if you are obese, or struggle with food, the manufacturers will be able to monitor the contents of your fridge, how often the door was opened, how much food is eaten, take a quick photo of you each time you open the fridge to monitor your weight, and, if it has become a problem, lock the fridge so you cant eat any more food.

The fridge then contacts all the local fast food restaurants and supermarkets you use, to prevent you from buying any more food until you lose a few pounds.

The new wegovy-ai-fridge.

cool!

More likely they'll identify you as having a weakness for junk food using your image and fridge contents and show an ad for cheezy blasters every time you walk by the fridge.

It's more likely that they'd monitor your consumption, and send it to your health insurance so they charge you more due to your "unhealthy habits", while also showing you ads for more addictive junk food.

> The fridge then contacts all the local fast food restaurants and supermarkets you use, to prevent you from buying any more food until you lose a few pounds.

That may be how it works in other countries, but I can assure you in America, it will target ads towards those things you consume the most and related items so you consume more.

> The fridge then contacts all the local fast food restaurants and supermarkets you use, to prevent you from buying any more food until you lose a few pounds.

Where’s the money in that? They’ll tell them to bombard you with weight loss adverts for expensive products that don’t work well or at least require you to keep buying them for life.

Mine doesn't have screens but it has a BS wifi network that shows up. I disabled it via button controls but it came back so I had to open the back of the fridge and disconnect it from the board. Very annoying!

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