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-squaretomiant@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoIt’s a tidal wave. It’s very hard to stop. The wave consists of about a trillion variables all pointing in the wrong direction.
It’s a tidal wave. It’s very hard to stop. The wave consists of about a trillion variables all pointing in the wrong direction.