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[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Who's to say it isn't acting as a gateway for other smart devices that aren't connected to the Internet? Or part of a bot net?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Another relatively innocent reason for the supposed high volume of uploads could be an error in the Asus router firmware.

Note the language could be.