Set up my Aunt’s Samsung dryer recently. It had WiFi, and she thought the app was cool.
It immediately tried to update firmware, failed, and bricked her dryer.
Took me hours online and some guesswork to figure out how to force the thing to reset or whatever. I hate modernity.
TheSameCat /
npub1wtu…e7js
2024-06-13 20:13:42
in reply to nevent1q…ar3r
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npub1wtuh24gpuxjyvnmjwlvxzg8k0elhasagfmmgz0x8vp4ltcy8ples54e7jsPublished at
2024-06-13 20:13:42Event JSON
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