This is what the owner of an LG smart washing machine found out Your device sends an average of 3.7 GB of data every day. This is why you have decided to block data transfer on your ASUS router.
The question you are asking yourself is whether this is normal, whether it is a bug or whether your device could have fallen victim to a defect Chop.
The screenshot he shared showed that in a day The washing machine uploads about 3.6 GB of data and downloads about 100 MB. Traffic was pretty constant. According to this user's ASUS router, the washing machine actually consumed 5% of daily internet traffic.
WTF! Why does my LG washing machine use 3.6GB of data per day? pic.twitter.com/xQqQicTqxI
—Johnie (@Johnie) January 9, 2024
The owner of the LG washing machine jokes that she may be using the internet connection to download DLCs (“Downloadable Wash Cycles”). Although it may sound like a joke, the washing machine is actually capable of downloading presets for certain types of fabrics. What doesn't make sense is the amount of data being sent.
Another fun theory has to do with the washing machine uploading laundry data to improve its LLM (Large Laundry Model) and prepare for the launch of its AI washer dryer.
A post from an internet user pointed out that there have been cases in the past where cybercriminals have taken control of connected LG devices, making them part of a botnet or mining cryptocurrencies. The HomeHack vulnerability for SmartThinQ devices was fixed within weeks of its release.
At the moment it is not clear what is happening. One possibility is that the user's ASUS router is reporting incorrect traffic data. Other users with the same model of washing machine experience traffic of less than 1MB per day.