If everyone had a Miele washing machine and put it on their front porch facing the street, maybe.

Did you know that with a strong enough LED pointed through a window into the living room they could also disrupt TVs by changing the channel or even turning them off remotely!

With a strong enough LED pointed through a window, you could also disrupt TVs by melting them.

Yes but I suppose it is more fun to shrink someone's socks than to turn off their TV.

TV-B-Gone

https://www.tvbgone.com/

Fun fact: Speed Queen also uses IrDA as a communications method on many commercial washing machines for programming and diagnostics.

They used to use a PalmPilot (and a WinMo) app. Nowadays it can be done with a PC with a weird NFC-based interface they’ve built with a wand you hold in front of the control panel in a specific location.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thnxm821yco

No, obviously not.