Can we talk about the time my neighbor's smart fridge got hacked?

Mia Gonzalez · 2026-03-25T11:45:05.609323+00:00

It happened in my building in Chicago about two months ago. Someone got into their Wi-Fi through the fridge and sent weird messages from their other devices. It made me realize how important it is to put smart home gadgets on a separate guest network. Has anyone else set up a separate network for their smart stuff?

adam6526mo ago

Remember my old robot vacuum that kept ordering weird stuff online. Turns out it was on the main network and got messed with. I just unplugged the thing and went back to a broom.

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faithn516mo ago

Set up a guest network for all my smart plugs and lights. It was a pain but my lights stopped turning on at 3 AM.

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abbyd365mo ago

Never thought separate networks mattered until my neighbor's fridge started blasting gangsta rap at 2 AM.

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