They better not be airing my dirty laundry!

My washer/dryer has a microphone so it can hear the tones from LG support over the phone that tell it to play back its diagnostic code.

Kidding aside, the trust we put in the myriad of internet-connected devices with microphones in our spaces is mind-boggling. Even lightstrips and lightbulbs have microphones to sync with music, and often show up as open Bluetooth devices for setup each time the wall switch is turned on.

I bought a house and was pleased to find 0 smart anything in it. It's not even that I care about privacy, just don't want to deal with pointless tech problems like uh lightbulbs needing updates.

I've also got one of those LG machines. Keep hoping for it to break so I can use that feature haha