Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 1 month 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-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1277arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1276arrow-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 month agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-text
An engineer discovered that the manufacturer can remotely brick his smart vacuum for not collecting data.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoCorporate execs ought to go to prison for that.
Corporate execs ought to go to prison for that.
s/prison/the guillotine/