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Your robot vacuum cleaner might be spying on you (www.bitdefender.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When Sean Kelly bought a top-of-the-line vacuum cleaner, he imagined he was making a safe purchase.

Little did he know that the cleaning machine scuttling about his family's feet contained a security flaw that could let anyone see and hear their every move.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Easy solution = only buy robots that you can flash with valetudo

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Or get a non-connected 'dumb' one

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Those are very inefficient and imho a waste of money.

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