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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 (www.tomshardware.com)
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An engineer discovered that the manufacturer can remotely brick his smart vacuum for not collecting data.

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago

To quote the inventor of the Steam Brick:

Because I was so preoccupied with whether or not I could that I didn't stop to think if I should.

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