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Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

ethbro wrote: post #57
JustSomeNobody wrote: post #24

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I can guarantee it will be. Too much is proprietary. We need open and free protocols. I don't want to live in a world where I have to buy all my appliances and devices from the same manufacturer.

The issue is that gear supporting open and free protocols is (a) more complicated and/or expensive to install & (b) not visibly better until sometime in the future. I think the market has proved that it doesn't particularly think about anything past "Does it work right now?" And proprietary-in-a-box formats satisfy that just fine (usually at a cheaper price point). We'll no doubt eventually get integration, as there'…

>Good time to start selling IoT bridges though...

Heh. Yeah.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by yk »

ihsw wrote: post #71

Refurbished/used home appliances -- yet another way to leak credentials. I look forward to a day when the internal components of home appliances are salvaged on the off-chance that a user's credentials could be found in them. You can bet that off-brand devices will ask for a username/password and store it locally in plaintext.

While the big name brands store all your credentials as an easy to read JSON encoded string at

    fridge-net.example.com/API/../PRIVATE/$USERNAME

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by whatever_dude »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #45

I was impressed and a little amazed by how deadpan and serious the messages in the discussion are… nobody stops to reflect on the sheer insanity that we’re all giggling at over here. I assume, anyway, eventually my attention wandered and I skipped to the end, where a charming young lad does indeed go unhinged over “samsucks” and heroin-addicted mothers.

Having a connected calendar on the fridge is an awesome thing for families though.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by EliRivers »

Raphmedia wrote: post #53
exelius wrote: post #39

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Most high-end fridges these days are stainless steel, which is non-magnetic. So you'd need to glue it on (or find some other way).

Mounting strips. $1 at the store.

Those don't fit an iPad, and if you try to make it fit, you'll invalidate the warranty. You'll have to buy the special ones that fit iPads, at the Apple store. 50 dollars. Per strip.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by scott_karana »

redthrowaway wrote: post #62
ethbro wrote: post #37

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Step 0) Disconnect any phone or network cables and ensure RF jammers covering WiFi and cell frequencies are active before commencing home appliance repair.

As IoT becomes more ubiquitous, the people who plaster their houses in tin foil will become less ridiculous.

Either that, or more ridiculous, since their luddism will be even more outwardly apparent to everyone else...

Not being on Facebook is conspicuous enough already. :/

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by nkrisc »

What's sort of funny is that the only people who could raise a real stink in the right place, the technologically literate, would probably never buy such a fridge. Meanwhile, purchasing this looks like a good idea to the technologically illiterate, and when it doesn't work they complain to Google instead of Samsung. Winning strategy for Samsung!

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by fla »

myth_buster wrote: post #52
qb45 wrote: post #35

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I'm not an old fart by far , but even I have never imagined rebooting a refrigerator. I'm floored. It sounds like some obscure IT insider joke except that this time it's for real. I don't know what to expect next.

"The trial period for your Freezer™©® has expired."

Your refrigerator has been infected by fridgilocker. Send $5 in bitcoin to this address or your food will rot.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by sib »

exelius wrote: post #39
Someone1234 wrote: post #32

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No need to even glue. They sell things like "FridgePad - Magnetic Refrigerator Mount for iPad" that is what it says. Magnets that hold an iPad (Mini or full) to a standard fridge. You can also get 3M mounted ones which allow you to slip in an iPad. Typically it is cheaper to buy a regular fridge and add an iPad than a smart fridge. Also it is cheaper to buy four(!) iPads and back-seat tablet holder for a minivan than…

Most high-end fridges these days are stainless steel, which is non-magnetic. So you'd need to glue it on (or find some other way).

It turns out that the high-end stainless steel fridges actually have ferrous metal components that enable the use of magnets. It's only the mid-tier stainless steel ones that are non-magnetic. (Source: research for a product launched last year which includes a fridge-mountable magnetic remote)

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by jnevill »

yk wrote: post #73

And this is, why there sits a Linux PC next to my "smart tv" in my living room. The thing about "smart tvs" and I imagine freezers is, that the friendly easy to use interface creates problems that were solved in the early 80ies for computers, and it interfaces with a ridiculously underpowered processor.

This is it too. We use Netflix on the SmartTv, but everything else runs through Kodi on a little HTPC I built. It's updated automatically, has plugins to access internet content, and works nicely with my HDHomeRun for Comcrap cable. I want my TV to just be a dumb monitor, I want my car's stereo system to just be an amp with speakers, and I want my fridge to keep food cold. I'll supply the hardware and software for internet/content/whatever so I can update and control it myself.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by Shivetya »

makecheck wrote: post #23

I remember seeing a commercial for those things where they drafted the Top Chef brothers, and even in the commercial it looked extremely awkward to use. "Oh, let's just look up something...(walk over...bend down...glance at screen...slowly punch things in...)." Even if it were the best thing ever, I know technology and I know that fridges last years longer than any gadget ever has. Any choice of touchscreen, OS or ev…

appliances and the like should have no more hardware that go gather and display information which is sent and received from one central point in the home. you should be able to ask about anything you want from anywhere and get the information you want where you are.

home, do I have milk? home, turn off the stove

or whatever control word is used to indicate you want to talk to your system.

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