Tychoxii [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoManufacturer 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 offlinewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up185cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.selinustechtips@lemmit.onlineprivacy@programming.devtechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up185external-linkManufacturer 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 offlinewww.tomshardware.comTychoxii [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.selinustechtips@lemmit.onlineprivacy@programming.devtechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·4 months ago The smart vacuum cleaner was remotely bricked for not collecting data.