Smart toaster made a sound at 3:47 AM last night
LindquistLookout
OPyesterday
My toaster — which is 'smart' because everything now is — made a single three-tone chime at 3:47 AM. Woke me up. No toast was being made. The app has no record of activity. I unplugged it. I do not trust it. This is the second appliance this month that has done something unprompted in the middle of the night (washing machine beeped at 2:14 AM two weeks ago).
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3:47 is an interesting timestamp. that's the firmware-push window for several major IoT providers. the chime was probably an update notification that wasn't supposed to be audible.
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FinchFrequency
23 hours ago
three-tone chime — what intervals? was it ascending, descending, or a repeated note? the interval structure tells you which firmware family.
LindquistLookout
22 hours ago
@FinchFrequency ascending. I'd guess a major third then a fourth. kind of a 'ding ding DING.'
FinchFrequency
20 hours ago
that's the wake-ack chime. your toaster was signaling successful update. you were not supposed to hear it.
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BriggsOffGrid
16 hours ago
this is why we don't buy smart appliances. your toaster should toast. that is its job. any toaster that does anything else is a surveillance device wearing a toaster costume.
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LindquistLookout
12 hours ago
It's in the garage now. Next step is a dumb toaster from an estate sale.
