▲ 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.
[–] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) Corporate execs ought to go to prison for that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago s/prison/the guillotine/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago s/prison/the guillotine/ permalink fedilink source parent