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Disabling wi-fi on Samsung home appliances (specifically dishwasher) (www.costco.com)

submitted 4 days ago by pdxfed@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

commenting for tracking. I've been searching for the same.

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 4 points 4 days ago

If you can find where the antenna is, you can cover it with some metal tape to kill the signal. Or wrap the whole thing on a metal cage or foil, basically put the thing in a faraday cage.

I have a feeling they'd put the antenna in the front panel though, so that solution may not be super aesthethic if that's the case.

[–] alerich@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe connect it to WiFi, but instantly block Internet Access? Maybe it even has useful local networking features? (OK, most likely not)

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 3 points 4 days ago

Buy the cheapest Wi-Fi AP, leave the AP networkless.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Do not do this. You could break the device and it will hurt the value of the device either way. Do not spend extra just to effectively damage the device

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