▲ 271 ▼ 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) submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments An engineer discovered that the manufacturer can remotely brick his smart vacuum for not collecting data.
[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago Why do it the easy way, when you can do it the fun way? permalink fedilink source parent