▲ 571 ▼ User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 8 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Deceptichum 139 points 8 months ago (6 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] whaleross@lemmy.world 98 points 8 months ago (4 children) The bigger concern should be that this is how badly coded and how little concern there is about security there is with smart appliances in people's homes. Working as a consultant and seeing the code that runs online services made me realize how fucked up everything is and to accept that nobody knows or cares about what they are doing with other people's integrity. AI in coding is barely making a dent in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago (1 child) We should probably take “engineering” out of software titles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago Anybody can code an application, it takes a software engineer to barely code it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago Always remember: the S in IoT stands for security permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago 'Company deliberately has control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while selling them to unsuspecting general public' permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 98 points 8 months ago (4 children) The bigger concern should be that this is how badly coded and how little concern there is about security there is with smart appliances in people's homes. Working as a consultant and seeing the code that runs online services made me realize how fucked up everything is and to accept that nobody knows or cares about what they are doing with other people's integrity. AI in coding is barely making a dent in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago (1 child) We should probably take “engineering” out of software titles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago Anybody can code an application, it takes a software engineer to barely code it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago Always remember: the S in IoT stands for security permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago (1 child) We should probably take “engineering” out of software titles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago Anybody can code an application, it takes a software engineer to barely code it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago Anybody can code an application, it takes a software engineer to barely code it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago Always remember: the S in IoT stands for security permalink fedilink source parent
[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago 'Company deliberately has control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while selling them to unsuspecting general public' permalink fedilink source parent