Too dumb to fail.

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Samsung smart electric dryer
B7 · Hall of smart-shame Oh no, you didn’t?

Samsung smart electric dryer

By Samsung.

$875
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

A tumble dryer with Wi-Fi and SmartThings, so you can start the towels from work. The sun and the wind have been doing it for free for some time.

Online
Wi-Fi, Ethernet or cellular. An attacker can be anywhere, and it can collect data.

Buy the dumb one instead

We do not link to the smart one. You can find it.

Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the dumb one.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisSamsung smart electric dryer
The dumb oneDumb oneBrabantia Lift-O-Matic
2
Power cut
FALSE
TRUE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
#DEPENDS
TRUE
4
The company switches off its servers
#DEPENDS
TRUE
5
Someone tries to hack it
FALSE
TRUE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
FALSE
TRUE
7
Twenty years from now
#DEPENDS
TRUE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
0 of 60/6and three maybes
6 of 66/6

The dumb one is the Brabantia Lift-O-Matic.

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Dries towels on a schedule set from the office.

Samsung smart electric dryer

$875
Online Towels, scheduled remotely.
#N/A

We looked. Sorry.

A drying rack that needs a chip needs a long hard look.