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LG Threatens To Put Wi-Fi in Every Appliance it Introduces in 2017 (arstechnica.com)

Posted by msmash on from the Wi-Fi-everywhere dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: During the company's CES press conference today, LG marketing VP David VanderWaal says that "starting this year" all of LG's home appliances will feature "advanced Wi-Fi connectivity." One of the flagship appliances that will make good on this promise is the Smart Instaview Refrigerator, a webOS-powered Internet-connected fridge that among other things supports integration with Amazon's Alexa service.

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  1. Re:Thank you LG! by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm starting to worry that I'm going to have to wrap my house in a Faraday cage in a few years just to prevent a Maximum Overdrive-style attack from my own fucking appliances

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  2. Re: Thank you LG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure a wifi enabled shoehorn is coming too

  3. No! Not the toaster! by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    My wife asked me why I carried my gun around the house.

    "Decepticons", I replied.

    She laughed. I laughed. The toaster laughed. I shot the toaster.

    --
    Have gnu, will travel.