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-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoTo quote the inventor of the Steam Brick: Because I was so preoccupied with whether or not I could that I didn’t stop to think if I should.
To quote the inventor of the Steam Brick: