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RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 8 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 · 8 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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  • Blaster M@lemmy.world
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    Real concern with modern cars too

  • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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    A manufacturer bricking your device remotely should be treated as destruction of property, no different than if they walked in and smashed it with a baseball bat.

    • RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip
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      But how do you make the average consumer understand that they should be angry about this?

  • blave@lemmy.world
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    Thank goodness, I was always too poor to own one of these things

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