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Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 1 month ago

Manufacturer 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 offline

www.tomshardware.com

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Manufacturer 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 offline

www.tomshardware.com

Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 1 month ago
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The smart vacuum cleaner was remotely bricked for not collecting data.

An engineer discovered that the manufacturer can remotely brick his smart vacuum for not collecting data.

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