alt Hacker NewsWait, so with a strong enough IR led, someone could disrupt washing machines in their entire neighborhood?
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kotaKat • today at 4:17 PM
Fun fact: Speed Queen also uses IrDA as a communications method on many commercial washing machines for programming and diagnostics.
They used to use a PalmPilot (and a WinMo) app. Nowadays it can be done with a PC with a weird NFC-based interface they’ve built with a wand you hold in front of the control panel in a specific location.
IshKebab • today at 2:53 PM
No, obviously not.
If everyone had a Miele washing machine and put it on their front porch facing the street, maybe.
Did you know that with a strong enough LED pointed through a window into the living room they could also disrupt TVs by changing the channel or even turning them off remotely!