Replacing a dishwasher. Most of the mid-range options now come with fucking Wi-Fi. Found a model I liked, no info in manual and support from Samsung was of course, useless since it wasn’t already in the manual and wanted to keep talking about their exciting “smart things” app. gag.
I saw a youtube video of a guy disconnecting wifi cable on a fridge. I’m fine doing that if I have to open up the board but it’ll probably be smaller than the fridge and who knows if it’ll be helpfully labled like the one in the video was. Internet searching showed me there may be oven keypress combinations to turn wi-fi radio on/off. Anyone have anything similar/advice for Samsung appliances, specifically dishwashers?
Like what? Home wifi requires passwords.
Guest networks don’t necessarily require passwords.
Then require one. You’re acting like this is an unavoidable thing. You just simply don’t connect the appliance to the Internet.
It’s not difficult.
Ok dude.
Have you ever set up one of these devices? It’s not a case of ‘find my wifi, enter in passkey, connected’ they literally broadcast an unsecured ad hoc network that you connect to and configure from.
If you never connect it it will sit there blaring an unsecured wifi with access to its core configuration forever
Some people live in apartments.
…and? Lol apartment complex wifi requires a password.
You’re white knighting a fucking appliance. What are you doing with your life?
Neighbors, bro. You can’t control networks you don’t own.
Are you really this obtuse, or is this just an act?
It’s a dishwasher. You’re the one being obtuse.
All the more reason it doesn’t need to be on the internet.
I can’t make my neighbors require one.
At least in some places, having open wi-fi without KYC is illegal, so the neighbors aren’t going to do this - passwordless is not the default.
I can’t make my neighbours obey the law either
Home wifi requires a password. This isn’t 1990
It as a protocol does not and has never required a password. Nor have routers ever required it.
What router are you using that legit requires a password for access?
Every router in the last twenty years.
Are you guys being stupid on purpose?
From my bedroom, right this moment, there are four unsecured networks I can connect to, which I do not own or control.
This is not an uncommon scenario.
"Am I wrong?
No, it is everyone else who is wrong."
You’re the meme. No router has ever required it. Yes, it’s an option. But how do you think open networks exist? Do you think that magically the router will know it’s in a residence and suddenly require a password?
How do you explain the 30 million+ open networks on Wigle? https://wigle.net/stats
That’s a cool website. I liked the wifi networks over time graph.
Whiteknighting a dishwasher is so cool
Explain the 30+ million open WiFi networks on Wigle if WiFi networks require a password.
https://wigle.net/stats