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   Carsten Franke (carstenfranke@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jun-2026 06:36:21 JST Carsten Franke

   • Matthew Lyon

   @mattly do you have a "smart" TV? Apps on there can act as proxy to funnel internet traffic through your network.

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     :rainbowCrow: (cr0w@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jun-2026 06:39:28 JST :rainbowCrow:

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly Do you have root access on the router?

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     :rainbowCrow: (cr0w@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jun-2026 06:50:30 JST :rainbowCrow:

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly In that case, I would say your best bet is to look for a Netflow setting somewhere. I don't do much with home routers so there may not be one but it's worth a look.

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     Carsten Franke (carstenfranke@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jun-2026 07:03:55 JST Carsten Franke

     • Matthew Lyon
     • :rainbowCrow:

     @mattly @cR0w great find! What brand is it? We have a Bosch on the network,

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     Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jun-2026 07:09:00 JST Matthew Lyon

     thankfully my router has a parental controls thing and so I can assign the dishwasher to a persona which is forbidden from using the network, and I can disable that when needed

     seriously though, companies selling "smart" devices should be held liable for the damage their devices do when compromised

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     Carsten Franke (carstenfranke@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jun-2026 08:00:23 JST Carsten Franke

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     • Matthew Lyon
     • :rainbowCrow:

     @mattly @cR0w ah, our router does not log traffic by device... Grr... But "Bob" our dishwasher is now disconnected.

     Generally these Bosh machines are awesome, so quiet and pretty efficient.

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     Carsten Franke (carstenfranke@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jun-2026 08:00:24 JST Carsten Franke

     • Matthew Lyon
     • :rainbowCrow:

     @mattly @cR0w thanks for figuring that out, I will dig into ours...

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     Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jun-2026 09:37:08 JST Matthew Lyon

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     I updated my “Living Cyberpunk" page with a new item about this incident

     https://lyonhe.art/living-cyberpunk/

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     Sharkfie :100_gay: (sharkfie@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-2026 00:31:02 JST Sharkfie :100_gay:

     • Matthew Lyon
     • :rainbowCrow:

     @mattly @cR0w you could be on the news https://www.newsweek.com/homeowner-baffled-washing-machine-uses-3-6gb-internet-1862675

     These companies are basically criminally negligent (as in, it is literally used for crime).

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     Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷 (tooden@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-2026 00:31:02 JST Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷

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     • Matthew Lyon
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     • Sharkfie :100_gay:

     @sharkfie 'Smart' appliances, and not-so-smart appliance owners...although, is it possible to buy non-smart white goods?@mattly @cR0w

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     Jernej Simončič � (jernej__s@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-2026 03:36:14 JST Jernej Simončič �

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly Bosch? I know my sister has a Series 4 Bosch, and some programs are only available through the app; my cousin has a slightly older Series 4 Bosch, with no WiFi and can activate those programs through the button that was repurposed for WiFi on the newer model.

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     aburka 🫣 (aburka@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-2026 04:18:43 JST aburka 🫣

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly ...two guest networks?

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     John Deters (targetdrone@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-2026 13:56:13 JST John Deters

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly "Why do you keep a gun in the kitchen drawer?"

     "If the dishwasher ever starts sending packets I don't recognize..."

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     Steven Reed (srtcd424@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jul-2026 01:10:27 JST Steven Reed

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly tbf there's simpler (stupid) explanations, like it being stuck in a firmware update downloading loop or something. I want to believe that botnets full of dishwashers are not a thing yet, but I'm sufficiently out of touch with the modern world that I wouldn't want to bet on it :(

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     aspragg (aspragg@ohai.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jul-2026 04:36:51 JST aspragg

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly Is that 700+GB downloaded, or 700+GB uploaded? Or both? Or does the router not say?

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     Dan (dan@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jul-2026 00:47:48 JST Dan

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly I turned on device isolation in my guest network for this exact reason