Yeah, unless it has a cell modem, not that it's cheap enough to make sense today

I have personally installed equipment that included non-optional, always-on cellular data connectivity that allowed it to be configured and monitored from The Clown.

And Amazon rather famously included cellular connectivity with their early Kindle e-ink book-reading devices -- back in '07.

It's been done before. It can be done again.

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fluoridation a day ago | parent [-]

Eh. If someone wants to waste money keeping up a data connection with my washing machine, I don't have much of an issue with it, as long as it doesn't have any microphones.

	▲	frollogaston a day ago \| parent [-]
		It would probably have a mic if they're going to do that