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Some GE ovens have certain features locked behind a cloud integration, requiring the user to connect the stove to Wi-Fi and install the SmartHQ app in order to unlock. The ovens have the necessary physical buttons to utilise the features, but the oven refuses till the requirements are met. The sales literature <ref>https://www.geappliances.com/ge/connected-appliances/ranges-ovens-cooking.htm</ref>, manual{{Citation needed}}, and website{{Citation needed}} have no mention of such requirements.

{{Main|GE Refrigerator water filter DRM}}GE refrigerators manufactured since 2017 make use of RFID-based Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems in their water filtration units, preventing the use of third-party replacement filters.<ref name="GE-RPWFE">{{Cite web |title=Refrigerator – RPWFE Operation and Troubleshooting |url=https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=19693 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013043152/https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=19693 |archive-date=13 Oct 2024 |access-date=13 Jan 2025 |website=GE Appliances |publisher=GE Appliances |quote=The RPWFE filter transitioned to a new design at the beginning of 2017}}</ref> These systems use 13.56 MHz ISO14443A passive RFID tags embedded in filter cartridges that communicate with readers inside the refrigerator cabinet.<ref name="patent">{{Cite patent|country=US|number=20150101669|status=application|title=Refrigerator Appliance and a Method for Monitoring a Water Filter Assembly Within the Same|pubdate=16 Apr 2015|fdate=14 Oct 2013|inventor=Krause, Andrew Reinhard|assign=General Electric Company}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 Jun 2016 |title=Google Patents |url=https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f2/85/5b/342cbcc87ca554/US20150101669A1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250828142642/https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f2/85/5b/342cbcc87ca554/US20150101669A1.pdf |archive-date=28 Aug 2025 |access-date=28 Aug 2025 |website=Google}}</ref> When non-authenticated filters are detected, the system displays ''"Leak Detected"'' error messages & disables water & ice dispensing functionality entirely.<ref name="GE-leak">{{cite web |title=Refrigerator - Leak Detected Message on Display |url=https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=23448 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250821052851/https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=23448 |archive-date=21 Aug 2025 |access-date=13 Jan 2025 |website=products.geappliances.com |publisher=GE Appliances}}</ref>

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