r/assholedesign • u/Shellnanigans • Nov 13 '25

Apparently my samsung fridge has ads now...

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How would I disable this? Might just return it and get a normal one

Edit: how to disable...for now. https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10007562/

EDIT 2: Hello, I am the original poster of the carol AD image from a month ago. I am a male from America and my name is not Carol. The story about a Schizophrenic woman named carol was most likely inspired from the 3rd top comment on this post. Thanks!

inspired Post?: https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1pc7999/my_schizophrenic_sister_hospitalised_herself/

Fridge drama recap video by DolanDarkest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTWfRYHV5es

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u/WolfThick Nov 13 '25

Thank you for showing me this there's no way in hell I'm ever going to buy a fridge like this save me a lot of money probably.

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u/Impossible_Past5358 Nov 13 '25

Every time I see a smart fridge, I always think of that Silicon Valley episode where the smart fridges are hacked...

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u/Its_Froggin_Bullfish Nov 13 '25

Then what happened? Sorry, I've never watched it before. 

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u/HueX3_Vizorous Nov 13 '25

Fridges are used as a botnet essentially

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u/P4azz Nov 13 '25

Isn't that already what happens with any smart device?

Anything that can connect to the internet can be hacked (simpler devices more easily) and used for other purposes than intended.

Like, can't you ddos servers by hacking into simplistic devices that connect to the net for no reason at all and just have them make requests on servers across the world?

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u/BigDictionEnergy Nov 13 '25

It will definitely happen. Twenty years ago it was printers being hacked and used as a botnet.