I suspect "money laundering".

I wanted to say it was just constantly downloading an update.

But it it appears to be outgoing traffic ...

They better not be airing my dirty laundry!

My washer/dryer has a microphone so it can hear the tones from LG support over the phone that tell it to play back its diagnostic code.

Kidding aside, the trust we put in the myriad of internet-connected devices with microphones in our spaces is mind-boggling. Even lightstrips and lightbulbs have microphones to sync with music, and often show up as open Bluetooth devices for setup each time the wall switch is turned on.

So that's who's been probing my servers.

LG owner was baffled in Jan/2024 (104 points, 150 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38930507

I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that. This rinse cycle is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.

DDoS appliance army?

Looks like IoT devices are the next frontier in residential proxies ... or provide spies the next leading indicator into SV business performance.