> Further to this, you claim that you have been compromised on HUNDREDS of sites even though you use a unique password everywhere?

It’s not too far-fetched.

I’ve been compromised on dozens of sites out of ~1.500 sites on which I have accounts, all of them with unique email addresses and unique passwords. Those dozens accounts are just those I happen to know about (through HIBP, incoming email spam, or the occasional site owner’s disclosure) so they’re probably just the tip of the iceberg.

Sites are being breached left and right. If you’re lucky, the site owner tells you. Many won’t.

When I was looking for an espresso making a lot of them have touch screens and connected features. They will wake up before you get out of bed and have hot water ready. I specifically bought one without touch screens and all that crap. It takes maybe 30 seconds for the water to heat up.

Lots of people will get their regular coffee maker ready the night before with water and ground beans. At a specific time in the AM it will brew. Lots of old models have timers you can set. I avoid smart devices like the plague. My Bosch fridge is a smart fridge and I plan on putting it on a VLAN.

>My Bosch fridge is a smart fridge and I plan on putting it on a VLAN.

As another new owner of a Bosch fridge, why put it on anything at all? I just peeled the sticker that told me how to connect off, threw it in the trash, and treat it just like my old non-connected fridge. Is there actually some beneficial feature that makes it worth connecting at all?

The right french door is hard to close compared to our last side by side fridge. For now it helps me remember to close it when I’m in a different room and can’t hear the alarm.

That is hilarious.

Problem: Right french door is hard to close and user often leaves it open. User does not hear alarm.

Solution 1: Make french door easier to close / close automatically.

Solution 2: Make alarm louder. Adjustable even.

Solution 3: Add networked computer, software, mobile phone application, and wire them all up.

It’s caused issues with my wife thinking the kids milk has gone bad because the door was ajar. Trust me when I say peace of mind and possibly getting hacked is much better than an angry wife plus hungry kids.

French door fridges have this flat piece that slides behind one of the doors to make it airtight. Our previous place had a Samsung that did the same thing, except it was the left door and easier to shut.

It’s made by Germans, they don’t always make things usable or even serviceable (German cars).

I apologize, I did not mean to disparage your solution for a purchase you already made. I was cynically imagining the thinking of the manufacturer! Also, yes, we have a fridge with french doors, so I understand the problem. Ours just has a really effective alarm. Have you tried sticking two small wedges under the front feet so that the doors get a little more momentum when swung closed? That was actually in our manual. (Yes I read my fridge's manual).

Funny. My only problem with the door has been that it sometimes closes half or two thirds of the way. It's clearly partly open and presumably leaking cold air, but it's closed far enough that the audible alarm doesn't activate.

Right, it’s hard to compromise a kettle and manual grinder, the only thing I could possibly consider a benefit of a networked coffee machine is you can schedule it/script it with home assistant.

But even then, I’m pretty sure you can buy simple electric ones with timers…

Only if it is HTCPCP(-TEA) compatible. Otherwise they should not bother.

/s, since it is not the specialized coffee machine on the office floor which is the biggest problem but the thousands of ones at home where people do not even bother to firewall it.