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Smart coffee machine blamed for 1TB of data use

Original: Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days

A man found that his parents' internet-connected coffee machine had consumed around 1TB of data in just 10 days, an extraordinarily high amount for a household appliance. The story has drawn widespread attention online, with readers debating how a coffee machine could generate so much traffic and sharing their own experiences with malfunctioning smart home devices quietly eating bandwidth.

Why now: It is a surprising and humorous example of smart home devices misbehaving, resonating with anyone who owns connected appliances.

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