Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 1 day agoManufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offlinewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1266arrow-down1external-linkManufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offlinewww.tomshardware.comBlaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
An engineer discovered that the manufacturer can remotely brick his smart vacuum for not collecting data.
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoAnd then we got angry because it didn’t work and worked on it until 3am.
And then we got angry because it didn’t work and worked on it until 3am.