Blaze@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 4 months 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-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up15arrow-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@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.zip
An engineer discovered that the manufacturer can remotely brick his smart vacuum for not collecting data.
It is not.