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Spanish engineer reports flaw in ‘smart’ vacuums after gaining control of 7,000 devices (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 19 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Remember folks, the S in IOT stands for Security!

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    • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    "Flaw"

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    [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Imagine having an army of roombas. You'd be unstoppable

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    [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Assuming control

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    [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    The engineer should have summoned them to the field of battle

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3lDuvVnzhI&t=11

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    [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Man, the Incredibles movies are starting to go downhill.

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    [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    This pervert was cleaning my house for his own pleasure! Lol

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Azdoufal found that he could look and listen through the vacuums’ live camera feeds and collected more than 100,000 messages from the devices. He could also use any robot’s internet protocol – or IP – address to determine its approximate location.

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    • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    "Flaw" is a bit of a understatement.

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