The Google Home Speaker Has Been Secretly Eating My Wi-Fi Data

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My Google Home Speaker had been burning through more data than all the rest of my devices combined. As I looked into it further, I found other smart home devices that had the same problem.
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My Google Home Speaker had been burning through more data than all the rest of my devices combined. As I looked into it further, I found other smart home devices that had the same problem.
This summary comes from WIRED. Read the full article at the original source.
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