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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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[–] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Corporate execs ought to go to prison for that.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago

s/prison/the guillotine/