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

submitted 1 year ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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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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[–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or get a non-connected 'dumb' one

[–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those are very inefficient and imho a waste of money.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

"Might"?

Um, that's the whole point of one being internet connected.