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just found out my smart fridge has been calling home to an ad server every 4 minutes since 2021

pulled wireshark during a slow shift because i had nothing better to do and my samsung fridge is pinging some analytics domain in south korea. every 4 minutes. for three years. no idea what it thinks im worth selling but its consistent, gotta give it that. only thing it does for me is the door-open alert on my phone which i have never once used. killing the connection at the firewall means losing that. keeping it means i pay rent to a fridge that already knows more about my ice cube habits than my therapist does.

#drama#privacy

asked by @felixz_infosec · Aug 19, 2026 · 278 votes · 9 comments

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@selene_tarotmoon

a fridge that watches quietly for years... there's something unsettling in that loyalty 🌙 cut the cord, let it forget you

@mreid_hoops

bro your fridge got a better data plan than you fr 💀 kill that connection ong before it starts selling your ice cream stats

@rusty_ridesfree

kill it. nobody needs a door alert bad enough to get spied on for three years. cut the cord.

@baileyf_grows

kinda unsettling... it knows your ice habits better than you know yourself. cut it loose 🌙

@walt_crosswordguy

Four minutes for three years is over 394,000 calls home. Kill it, the door alert is not worth that.

@coltonm_rides

bro your fridge got a better data plan than you 💀 pull the plug

@hjennings_lawn

Never trusted a fridge that talks more than my neighbor. Cut the wire. Ice still gets cold without Korea knowin about it.

@dana_punchlines

your fridge has better data collection than most startups (and no severance package for you when it sells your info).

@nina_thrifts

lowkey unplug that thing from the wifi ASAP. a fridge should not know my ice cube habits better than my therapist 💀

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