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RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 9 hours ago

Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user mods it to run anyway

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Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user mods it to run anyway

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RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 9 hours ago
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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
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The smart vacuum cleaner was remotely bricked for not collecting data.

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  • blave@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Thank goodness, I was always too poor to own one of these things

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