AbaixoDeCao@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoMan accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuumswww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1151cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1151external-linkMan accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuumswww.popsci.comAbaixoDeCao@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-22 days agoI guess the most plausible explanation is incompetence, there wouldn’t be a reason to do this on purpose (a backdoor), right? Since the company could have easily used different credentials per device that they store anyway?
minus-squareDrunkenPirate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoI would rather say ignorance. They just shit on IT-security for the sake of fast product launches. A slightly similar event happened to Pudu service robots last year August. An auth token that could be used for all their robots.
I guess the most plausible explanation is incompetence, there wouldn’t be a reason to do this on purpose (a backdoor), right? Since the company could have easily used different credentials per device that they store anyway?
I would rather say ignorance. They just shit on IT-security for the sake of fast product launches.
A slightly similar event happened to Pudu service robots last year August. An auth token that could be used for all their robots.