IT pro says his parents’ Keurig smart coffee maker sent 1TB of data over their Wi-Fi in 10 days
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Nomad added that most of the traffic “didn’t escape my network” but it’s unclear what data it was trying to send, even though there was a temptation “to scan it’s [sic] packets with Wireshark and other tools.”Hey uh, @Keurig - what the hell is a COFFEE MACHINE uploading, let me double check... Getting my parents a new coffee machine. https://t.co/tTHMYC7hNDOctober 6, 2026Nomad, a Technical Field & Community Specialist at 3D printer maker Prusa with more than 10 years of IT experience, tagged @Keurig and uploaded a UniFi screenshot, asking what the coffee machine could possibly be uploading.
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- ▪Nomad added that most of the traffic “didn’t escape my network” but it’s unclear what data it was trying to send, even though there was a temptation “to scan it’s [sic] packets with Wireshark and other tools.”Hey uh, @Keurig - what the hell
- ▪Getting my parents a new coffee machine. https://t.co/tTHMYC7hNDOctober 6, 2026Nomad, a Technical Field & Community Specialist at 3D printer maker Prusa with more than 10 years of IT experience, tagged @Keurig and uploaded a UniFi screensho
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Networking IT pro says his parents’ Keurig smart coffee maker sent 1TB of data over their Wi-Fi in 10 days — it saturated an access point on its own, but he says most of the traffic never left the home network News By Shane Downing Published 8 October 2026 Turning it off and on again seems to have fixed the problem, but its data was not captured. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Keurig) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter A Keurig smart coffee maker owned by a self-described IT pro’s parents sent 1TB over their Wi-Fi in 10 days, saturating an access…
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